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Winfield Denton

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 28, 1896 in Evansville, IN
Died: November 2, 1971 in Evansville, IN

Education:

  • DePauw University, A.B., 1919
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, World War I and 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Vanderburgh County prosecutor, 1932-1936

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1937-1942


Election Results for Winfield Denton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 49 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 26,696 53.3%
1946 49 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 2 60,385 47.3%
1948 51 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,308 80.4%
1948 51 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,990 55.4%
1950 53 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 78,750 51.0%
1952 55 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 2 87,770 47.0%
1954 57 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 82,264 52.1%
1956 59 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 45,973 89.9%
1956 59 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,699 50.1%
1958 61 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,611 61.5%
1960 63 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 54,437 87.6%
1960 63 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 108,058 53.2%
1962 65 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 55,758 81.3%
1962 65 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,126 55.7%
1964 67 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,084 82.5%
1964 67 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 109,134 56.5%
1966 69 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,295 78.7%
1966 69 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 2 90,887 48.9%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this election.



Ideology Data for Winfield Denton


Click on the number in the 'Conserv.' column to see all of the key votes for that year.

YearAgeBodyConservative
Coalition		Party UnityPresidential
Support		Vote %LiberalConserv.
P
1949 52 House 88 9 D 97 100
1950 53 House 85 7 D 81 93
1951 54 House 94 3 D 85 100
1952 55 House 93 7 D 97 100
1955 58 House 90 10 R 54 44 97 100
1956 59 House 88 13 R 59 32 95 86
1957 60 House 78 22 R 62 35 98 78
1958 61 House 81 14 R 60 30 92 83
1959 62 House 18 82 79 4 R 31 52 85 75
1960 63 House 5 95 90 6 R 40 56 94 89
1961 64 House 26 74 90 10 D 89 11 100 90 13
1962 65 House 25 44 74 11 D 68 12 79 75 8
1963 66 House 13 80 88 0 D 80 4 86 91 17
1964 67 House 17 75 76 8 D 83 4 86 92 7
1965 68 House 6 94 91 4 D 90 6 94 68 18
1966 69 House 0 57 66 3 D 70 4 74 87 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


Age: Age as of July 1 of the year pertaining to this row.


Conservative Coalition: According to the publication "Congressional Quarterly" (CQ), this is an alliance of Republicans and Southern Democrats (from back when Southern Democrats tended to be conservative or at least moderate) against Northern Democrats in Congress.

This concept had significant meaning perhaps through the 1980's. These statistics stopped being computed after 2000 because conservative Democrats no longer existed except in very rare cases. The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the coalition; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the coalition. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Party Unity: According to CQ, a Party Unity vote in Congress is one in which the parties were split, with a majority of Democrats opposing a majority of Republicans.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with his party; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the party. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast.


Presidential Support: These are votes for which the President has stated his position, either in via a message to Congress, by press conference remarks or other public statements and documents.

The number under the green check is the percentage of time this Representative or Senator voted with the President; the number under the red X is the percentage of the time he opposed the President. The numbers often do not add to 100% because of instances where no vote was cast. The "P" column indicates the party of the President in each year.


Vote %: The percentage of roll-call votes in which this Representaive or Senator participated by voting "Yes" or "No" (as opposed to "Present" or not voting at all.)


Liberal Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the ultra-liberal advocacy organization called "Americans for Democratic Action" (ADA). They have been rating members of Congress since 1947. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the liberal position on a key issue. The methodology behind the calculation can be found here. Ratings followed by an asterisk were calculated the "ADA way" due to missing data regarding key votes in the ADA source material.


Conservative Rating: These ratings are based on key votes as identifed by the conservative advocacy organization called the "American Conservative Union" (ACU). They have been rating members of Congress since 1971. The number shown is the percentage of the time this Representative or Senator took the conservative position on a key issue.

The liberal and conservative ratings are not expected to add to 100% because the two groups use different sets of key votes to determine their ratings. Conservative ratings from 1961 through 1970 (and for 2024) were calculated based on key votes as selected by the creators of this website.