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Ralph Gwinn

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 29, 1884 in Noblesville, IN
Died: February 27, 1962 in Delray Beach, FL

Education:

  • DePauw University, 1905
  • Columbia University Law School, 1908

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Trustee of DePauw University, 1923-1962

Elected Office:

  • Bronxville Board of Education, 1920-1930


Election Results for Ralph Gwinn


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 56 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 2 136,835 40.4%
1942 58 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 2 86,506 42.5%
1944 60 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 90,699 61.9%
1946 62 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 84,882 68.5%
1948 64 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 81,144 52.1%
1950 66 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 78,221 55.9%
1952 68 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 108,575 58.5%
1954 70 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 83,866 57.2%
1956 72 NY R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 13,516 54.0%
1956 72 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 117,100 58.1%


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



Ideology Data for Ralph Gwinn


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
1945 61 House 54 2 D 58
1946 62 House 64 5 D 74
1947 63 House 92 5 D 79 18
1948 64 House 72 3 D 67 0
1949 65 House 73 6 D 67 8
1950 66 House 84 3 D 70 7
1951 67 House 88 7 D 75 8
1952 68 House 93 0 D 75 0
1953 69 House 79 11 R 79 80 25
1954 70 House 73 7 R 61 13 70 13
1955 71 House 77 0 R 49 32 78 0
1956 72 House 56 6 R 41 18 62 0
1957 73 House 73 5 R 33 43 75 0
1958 74 House 62 3 R 24 42 55 0


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.