Election results and ideology ratings for William Lemke -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 13, 1878 in Albany, MN
Died: May 30, 1950 in Fargo, ND

Election Results for William Lemke

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	57	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	150,127	53.6%
1936	57	ND	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	131,117	55.7%

1938	59	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	2	83,113	26.5%
1938	59	ND	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	153,106	70.8%

1940	61	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	80,203	30.7%
1940	61	ND	Progressive Republican	U.S. Senate Class 1		General	2	92,593	35.1%

1942	63	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	2	50,666	27.2%
1942	63	ND	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	2	65,905	36.1%

1944	65	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	55,777	29.7%
1944	65	ND	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	101,007	51.1%

1946	67	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	64,209	30.2%
1946	67	ND	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	103,205	71.5%

1948	69	ND	R	U.S. House	District AL	Primary	1	91,137	28.9%
1948	69	ND	R	U.S. House	At-Large District	General	1	132,343	69.4%

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

Ideology Data for William Lemke

Year	Age	Body	Party Unity		Presidential Support	Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body			P	Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	58	House	37	49	D	85
1938	59	House	50	33	D	69
1939	60	House	55	45	D	97
1940	61	House	23	38	D	52
1943	64	House	44	48	D	87
1944	65	House	43	13	D	62
1945	66	House	80	8	D	83
1946	67	House	74	10	D	69
1947	68	House	58	39	D	95	42
1948	69	House	64	22	D	87	25
1949	70	House	65	30	D	95	33
1950	71	House	15	37	D	42	78

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.