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Angier Goodwin

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 30, 1881 in Fairfield, ME
Died: June 20, 1975 in Melrose, MA

Education:

  • Colby College, 1902
  • Attended Harvard Law School, 1905

Military Service:

  • MA State Guard, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • MA Board of Tax Appeals, 1955-1960

Elected Office:

  • Melrose alderman, 1912-1914, 1916-1920
  • Mayor of Melrose, 1921-1923
  • MA House, 1925-1928
  • MA Senate, 1929-1941 (President, 1941)


Election Results for Angier Goodwin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 61 MA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 7,636 32.3%
1942 61 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 57,016 56.2%
1944 63 MA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 19,095 100.0%
1944 63 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 79,912 57.5%
1946 65 MA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 17,105 100.0%
1946 65 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 76,305 63.5%
1948 67 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,844 51.0%
1950 69 MA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 21,991 64.6%
1950 69 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 71,938 53.9%
1952 71 MA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,063 100.0%
1952 71 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 1 85,918 48.3%
1954 73 MA R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 11,582 85.0%
1954 73 MA R U.S. House District 08 General 2 65,614 46.8%


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



Ideology Data for Angier Goodwin


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
1943 62 House 83 6 D 84
1944 63 House 90 10 D 89
1945 64 House 86 10 D 93
1946 65 House 90 8 D 98
1947 66 House 92 5 D 96 25
1948 67 House 94 6 D 99 15
1949 68 House 88 6 D 90 15
1950 69 House 92 4 D 91 0
1951 70 House 91 6 D 93 15
1952 71 House 86 9 D 96 0
1953 72 House 84 16 R 91 97 36
1954 73 House 90 10 R 84 16 100 22


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.