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William Hess

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 13, 1898 in Cincinnati, OH
Died: July 14, 1986 in Cincinnati, OH

Education:

  • Attended University of Cincinnati

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Cincinnati city council, 1922-1926


Election Results for William Hess


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 38 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,346 100.0%
1936 38 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 2 62,546 48.2%
1938 40 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,463 100.0%
1938 40 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 61,480 59.0%
1940 42 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,868 100.0%
1940 42 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,769 56.3%
1942 44 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 10,243 100.0%
1942 44 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 53,083 64.0%
1944 46 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,398 100.0%
1944 46 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 78,185 56.0%
1946 48 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 8,392 100.0%
1946 48 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 67,067 63.2%
1948 50 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,969 100.0%
1948 50 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 2 66,968 47.2%
1950 52 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,824 100.0%
1950 52 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,543 52.7%
1952 54 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,294 100.0%
1952 54 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 90,417 56.6%
1954 56 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 10,724 100.0%
1954 56 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,695 58.4%
1956 58 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,987 100.0%
1956 58 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,099 65.5%
1958 60 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,900 100.0%
1958 60 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,656 54.7%


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



Ideology Data for William Hess


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
1939 41 House 91 6 D 90
1940 42 House 93 5 D 89
1941 43 House 89 2 D 76
1942 44 House 65 10 D 79
1943 45 House 83 15 D 96
1944 46 House 80 17 D 78
1945 47 House 90 6 D 78
1946 48 House 93 3 D 84
1947 49 House 92 5 D 86 17
1948 50 House 89 11 D 86 15
1951 53 House 76 15 D 68 31
1952 54 House 80 18 D 90 23
1953 55 House 79 16 R 81 90 10
1954 56 House 87 7 R 79 16 88 22
1955 57 House 65 10 R 63 15 78 14
1956 58 House 75 9 R 68 24 89 29
1957 59 House 73 14 R 48 40 84 33
1958 60 House 86 14 R 56 38 92 8
1959 61 House 100 0 79 4 R 61 19 77 11
1960 62 House 74 0 55 2 R 49 26 65 13


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.