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Walt Horan

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 15, 1898 in Wenatchee, WA
Died: December 19, 1966 in Manila, Philippines

Education:

  • Washington State College, 1925

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Fruit grower
  • Businessman


Election Results for Walt Horan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 41 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 2 17,473 19.4%
1940 41 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 2 54,258 44.5%
1942 43 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 2 11,779 23.5%
1942 43 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 47,242 62.7%
1944 45 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 35,253 61.9%
1944 45 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 62,648 52.3%
1946 47 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 25,627 43.4%
1946 47 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 58,535 61.3%
1948 49 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 48,982 59.1%
1948 49 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 67,757 54.6%
1950 51 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 41,362 54.3%
1950 51 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 60,273 54.8%
1952 53 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 48,468 54.5%
1952 53 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,530 56.0%
1954 55 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 34,658 53.1%
1954 55 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,628 58.6%
1956 57 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 51,847 52.5%
1956 57 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,230 53.5%
1958 59 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 32,215 47.3%
1958 59 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 67,072 53.2%
1960 61 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 42,348 45.1%
1960 61 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 94,042 59.4%
1962 63 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 38,536 52.3%
1962 63 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 78,504 64.4%
1964 65 WA R U.S. House District 05 Open Primary 1 46,800 47.8%
1964 65 WA R U.S. House District 05 General 2 73,884 46.6%


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



Ideology Data for Walt Horan


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 44 House 75 23 D 96
1944 45 House 73 10 D 80
1945 46 House 78 8 D 84
1946 47 House 82 13 D 82
1947 48 House 95 3 D 95 18
1948 49 House 75 11 D 86 25
1949 50 House 70 21 D 92 8
1950 51 House 70 27 D 90 13
1951 52 House 69 22 D 94 17
1952 53 House 68 20 D 81 15
1953 54 House 71 16 R 85 90 30
1954 55 House 87 3 R 74 16 83 14
1955 56 House 74 13 R 61 20 84 33
1956 57 House 56 31 R 76 18 90 83
1957 58 House 47 49 R 63 27 90 50
1958 59 House 41 57 R 70 18 90 50
1959 60 House 82 0 69 27 R 63 28 87 43
1960 61 House 95 5 71 24 R 60 30 94 33
1961 62 House 74 13 64 25 D 45 48 90 20 73
1962 63 House 63 25 54 32 D 45 37 79 17 75
1963 64 House 60 13 76 15 D 35 62 88 0 88
1964 65 House 92 0 76 15 D 37 56 92 8 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.