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Ralph Gamble

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 6, 1885 in Yankton, SD
Died: March 4, 1959 in St. Michaels, MD

Education:

  • Princeton University, 1909
  • George Washington University Law School, 1911
  • Columbia University Law School, 1912

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Mamaroneck town counsel, 1918-1933
  • Larchmont town counsel, 1926-1928

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1931-1937


Election Results for Ralph Gamble


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1937 52 NY R U.S. House District 25 Special 1 77,362 60.9%
1938 53 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 94,865 64.9%
1940 55 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 125,412 64.0%
1942 57 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 85,024 69.7%
1944 59 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 1 90,623 65.5%
1946 61 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 1 83,533 75.4%
1948 63 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 1 88,822 62.7%
1950 65 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 1 79,490 67.5%
1952 67 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 116,091 67.3%
1954 69 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 81,608 64.0%


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



Ideology Data for Ralph Gamble


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
1937 52 House 14 0 D 9
1938 53 House 88 10 D 97
1939 54 House 84 10 D 89
1940 55 House 86 12 D 95
1941 56 House 61 30 D 93
1942 57 House 55 30 D 85
1943 58 House 81 6 D 76
1944 59 House 47 17 D 60
1945 60 House 68 20 D 83
1946 61 House 77 18 D 86
1947 62 House 92 5 D 94 18
1948 63 House 83 6 D 90 17
1949 64 House 76 12 D 84 8
1950 65 House 82 10 D 82 13
1951 66 House 79 12 D 83 15
1952 67 House 57 25 D 72 25
1953 68 House 74 8 R 93 72 30
1954 69 House 90 10 R 76 16 80 22
1955 70 House 65 16 R 59 7 86 44
1956 71 House 41 0 R 29 9 33 33


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.