Election results and ideology ratings for Wesley D'Ewart -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 1, 1889 in Worcester, MA
Died: September 2, 1973 in Livingston, MT

Election Results for Wesley D'Ewart

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1945	55	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	Special	1	26,158	50.4%

1946	56	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	22,619	100.0%
1946	56	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	58,307	54.1%

1948	58	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	28,704	100.0%
1948	58	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	61,124	51.0%

1950	60	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	28,865	88.6%
1950	60	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	65,003	54.1%

1952	62	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	44,676	100.0%
1952	62	MT	R	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	90,210	62.0%

1954	64	MT	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		Primary	1	49,963	82.4%
1954	64	MT	R	U.S. Senate Class 2		General	2	112,863	49.6%

1960	70	MT	R	Governor		Primary	2	32,538	49.6%

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

Ideology Data for Wesley D'Ewart

Year	Age	Body	Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body			P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1945	55	House	26	10	D			37
1946	56	House	80	11	D			92
1947	57	House	92	5	D			88	8
1948	58	House	78	14	D			86	27
1949	59	House	86	12	D			98	0
1950	60	House	70	21	D			87	7
1951	61	House	85	6	D			83	8
1952	62	House	81	7	D			88	0
1953	63	House	87	11	R	75		97	18
1954	64	House	80	7	R	74	21	87	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.