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William Henry Harrison

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 10, 1896 in Terre Haute, IN
Died: October 8, 1990 in North Redington Beach, FL

Education:

  • Attended University of Nebraska, 1919-1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Housing and Home Finance Agency, 1955-1958

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1927-1929
  • WY House, 1945-1950

Other notes:

  • Grandson of President Benjamin Harrison, great-great-grandson of President William Henry Harrison


Election Results for William Henry Harrison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 53 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 14,859 43.0%
1950 53 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 50,865 54.5%
1952 55 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 35,312 100.0%
1952 55 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 76,161 60.1%
1954 57 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 23,119 51.6%
1954 57 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 22,257 50.0%
1954 57 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 54,407 48.5%
1954 57 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 2 53,705 48.4%
1960 63 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 12,896 28.5%
1960 63 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 70,241 52.3%
1962 65 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 31,443 62.4%
1962 65 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 71,489 61.4%
1964 67 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 41,821 100.0%
1964 67 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 2 68,482 49.2%
1966 69 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 24,286 51.2%
1966 69 WY R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 62,984 52.7%
1968 71 WY R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 2 22,522 47.0%


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



Ideology Data for William Henry Harrison


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
1951 54 House 90 3 D 90 0
1952 55 House 82 7 D 83 9
1953 56 House 76 21 R 65 93 18
1954 57 House 47 0 R 39 13 49 17
1961 64 House 78 13 83 14 D 34 63 97 10 86
1962 65 House 100 0 95 5 D 38 62 100 0 87
1963 66 House 93 0 89 2 D 27 65 92 0 94
1964 67 House 92 8 85 13 D 31 67 96 0 88
1967 70 House 78 4 76 14 D 44 43 87 7 100
1968 71 House 67 4 55 12 D 41 33 70 0 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.