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Walter Judd

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 25, 1898 in Rising City, NE
Died: February 13, 1994 in Mitchellville, MD

Education:

  • University of Nebraska, 1920, Medical School, 1923

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919
  • Officer Reserve Corps, 1919-1924

Career:

  • Zoology instructor at University of Omaha, 1920-1924
  • Medical missionary in China, 1925-1931, 1934-1938
  • Worked at Mayo Clinic, 1932-1934
  • Contributing editor, Reader's Digest, 1963-1976


Election Results for Walter Judd


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 43 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,835 55.6%
1942 43 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 60,883 63.8%
1944 45 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 81,798 56.6%
1946 47 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,534 73.0%
1946 47 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 66,837 58.3%
1948 49 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,824 72.9%
1948 49 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 76,313 54.0%
1950 51 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 71,243 58.7%
1952 53 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 99,027 59.2%
1954 55 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 30,323 100.0%
1954 55 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 69,901 55.8%
1956 57 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,645 94.2%
1956 57 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,258 56.0%
1958 59 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 27,009 96.4%
1958 59 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 59,739 57.3%
1960 61 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,472 96.1%
1960 61 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,223 60.9%
1962 63 MN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 39,700 97.6%
1962 63 MN R U.S. House District 05 General 2 80,865 48.0%


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



Ideology Data for Walter Judd


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 67 17 D 76
1944 45 House 67 27 D 78
1945 46 House 54 32 D 76
1946 47 House 51 39 D 85
1947 48 House 76 21 D 86 42
1948 49 House 67 19 D 91 45
1949 50 House 52 41 D 88 25
1950 51 House 60 32 D 86 46
1951 52 House 61 31 D 83 25
1952 53 House 41 34 D 72 46
1953 54 House 63 34 R 90 92 45
1954 55 House 70 30 R 66 13 84 33
1955 56 House 48 23 R 59 22 84 88
1956 57 House 81 16 R 88 3 92 57
1957 58 House 54 41 R 75 20 95 78
1958 59 House 57 43 R 84 12 95 42
1959 60 House 91 9 77 21 R 85 13 97 33
1960 61 House 37 47 57 33 R 77 16 94 25
1961 62 House 70 17 76 17 D 48 43 94 10 50
1962 63 House 25 44 40 42 D 72 20 85 63 36
Lifetime conservative rating:   43%


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.