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H.R. Gross

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 30, 1899 in Arispe, IA
Died: September 22, 1987 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended Iowa State College and University of Missouri School of Journalism

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Newspaper reporter/editor, 1921-1935
  • Radio newsman, 1935-1948


Election Results for H.R. Gross


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 41 IA R Governor Primary 2 146,395 44.0%
1948 49 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,125 55.7%
1948 49 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 78,838 58.3%
1950 51 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,374 100.0%
1950 51 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 73,490 64.0%
1952 53 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,774 99.6%
1952 53 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 109,992 65.8%
1954 55 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,652 65.5%
1954 55 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 68,307 62.1%
1956 57 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,676 78.3%
1956 57 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 97,590 58.6%
1958 59 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 15,449 52.5%
1958 59 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 61,920 53.7%
1960 61 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,054 100.0%
1960 61 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 99,046 56.3%
1962 63 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,170 87.1%
1962 63 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 66,337 56.7%
1964 65 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,948 87.9%
1964 65 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 83,455 50.1%
1966 67 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,817 100.0%
1966 67 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 79,343 62.0%
1968 69 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,780 100.0%
1968 69 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,839 64.0%
1970 71 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,430 100.0%
1970 71 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 66,087 59.0%
1972 73 IA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 38,603 100.0%
1972 73 IA R U.S. House District 03 General 1 109,113 55.7%


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



Ideology Data for H.R. Gross


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 50 House 64 33 D 97 31
1950 51 House 62 36 D 98 53
1951 51 House 85 15 D 100 46
1952 53 House 93 7 D 100 15
1953 54 House 53 45 R 26 99 18
1954 55 House 47 53 R 58 42 100 56
1955 55 House 74 26 R 41 56 99 10
1956 57 House 63 38 R 50 50 100 0
1957 58 House 80 10 R 33 62 94 0
1958 59 House 70 22 R 30 56 90 0
1959 59 House 100 0 83 17 R 59 41 100 11
1960 61 House 84 16 73 27 R 35 65 100 11
1961 62 House 96 4 90 10 D 17 83 100 0 100
1962 63 House 94 6 96 4 D 23 77 100 13 87
1963 63 House 87 13 95 5 D 18 82 100 0 88
1964 65 House 100 0 97 3 D 19 81 100 0 100
1965 66 House 98 2 96 2 D 21 79 99 0 100
1966 67 House 68 0 73 3 D 21 58 78 0 96
1967 67 House 98 2 93 3 D 28 70 98 7 100
1968 69 House 92 4 88 5 D 33 63 91 0 100
1969 70 House 84 16 84 16 R 36 64 99 13 93
1970 71 House 77 20 83 17 R 45 54 98 11 83
1971 71 House 81 18 80 17 R 47 51 97 16 89
1972 73 House 71 10 67 15 R 35 38 85 7 80
1973 74 House 80 15 77 17 R 55 40 96 21 78
1974 75 House 80 19 87 11 R 54 44 99 26 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.