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William Langer

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 30, 1886 near Casselton, ND
Died: November 8, 1959 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of North Dakota, 1906
  • Columbia University, 1910

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • ND state's attorney for Morton County, 1914-1916

Elected Office:

  • ND Attorney General, 1916-1920
  • Candidate for ND Governor, 1920


Election Results for William Langer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 49 ND R Governor Primary 2 90,093 49.8%
1936 49 ND NPL Governor General 1 98,750 35.8%
1938 51 ND R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 86,359 48.6%
1938 51 ND I U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 112,007 42.6%
1940 53 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 61,538 40.4%
1940 53 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 100,647 38.1%
1946 59 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 67,449 55.7%
1946 59 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 88,210 53.3%
1952 65 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 107,905 57.9%
1952 65 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 157,907 66.3%
1958 71 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 68,541 65.5%
1958 71 ND R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 117,070 57.2%


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



Ideology Data for William Langer


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 58 Senate 52 24 D 83
1946 59 Senate 40 37 D 78
1947 60 Senate 30 55 D 95 78
1948 61 Senate 49 40 D 91 63
1949 62 Senate 43 52 D 95 57
1950 63 Senate 49 37 D 82 64
1951 64 Senate 52 39 D 86 56
1952 65 Senate 14 15 D 36 67
1953 66 Senate 31 65 R 40 89 64
1954 67 Senate 21 69 R 26 65 85 64
1955 68 Senate 12 85 R 21 63 90 50
1956 69 Senate 17 81 R 32 66 99 86
1957 70 Senate 16 34 R 25 19 41 67
1958 71 Senate 18 67 R 26 50 87 91
1959 72 Senate 40 55 24 67 R 33 58 91 46


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.