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Warren Magnuson

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 12, 1905 in Moorhead, MN
Died: May 20, 1989 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • University of Washington, 1926, Law School, 1929

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War II

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Seattle Municipal League, 1930-1931
  • King County prosecutor, 1934-1936

Elected Office:

  • WA House, 1933-1934


Election Results for Warren Magnuson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 31 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 37,557 33.2%
1936 31 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,967 63.7%
1938 33 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 51,844 55.9%
1938 33 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,768 61.7%
1940 35 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 57,403 55.3%
1940 35 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,988 61.6%
1942 37 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 34,162 64.2%
1942 37 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 69,010 65.5%
1944 39 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 118,586 34.9%
1944 39 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 452,013 55.1%
1950 45 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 212,578 46.4%
1950 45 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 397,719 53.4%
1956 51 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 442,761 60.5%
1956 51 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 685,565 61.1%
1962 57 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 280,981 54.3%
1962 57 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 491,365 52.1%
1968 63 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 373,303 54.2%
1968 63 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 796,183 64.4%
1974 69 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 288,038 59.8%
1974 69 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 611,811 60.7%
1980 75 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 1 348,471 36.5%
1980 75 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 792,052 45.8%


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



Ideology Data for Warren Magnuson


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
1937 32 House 63 17 D 70
1938 33 House 86 0 D 85
1939 34 House 68 12 D 61
1940 35 House 62 16 D 63
1941 36 House 59 11 D 54
1942 37 House 50 0 D 38
1943 38 House 56 19 D 70
1944 39 House 47 3 D 31
1945 40 Senate 69 2 D 72
1946 41 Senate 87 9 D 95
1947 42 Senate 71 7 D 75 80
1948 43 Senate 58 9 D 66 94
1949 44 Senate 89 9 D 97 100
1950 45 Senate 83 14 D 86 88
1951 46 Senate 71 7 D 76 100
1952 47 Senate 54 14 D 64 85
1953 48 Senate 79 13 R 54 76 87
1954 49 Senate 90 9 R 32 61 92 77
1955 50 Senate 81 4 R 54 29 83 80
1956 51 Senate 86 4 R 29 60 86 86
1957 52 Senate 84 8 R 54 37 89 58
1958 53 Senate 82 3 R 38 51 89 92
1959 54 Senate 7 85 79 12 R 31 58 91 100
1960 55 Senate 4 76 84 5 R 34 50 85 92
1961 56 Senate 15 78 87 6 D 78 16 92 100 15
1962 57 Senate 15 29 58 3 D 54 9 61 82 23
1963 58 Senate 7 58 64 3 D 53 6 62 88 7
1964 59 Senate 22 63 70 15 D 72 15 90 74 20
1965 60 Senate 11 70 78 8 D 73 11 82 75 25
1966 61 Senate 7 63 62 8 D 61 14 73 83 8
1967 62 Senate 9 64 75 6 D 68 15 78 69 15
1968 63 Senate 27 49 62 10 D 60 21 75 42 26
1969 64 Senate 17 68 72 13 R 42 39 77 82 0
1970 65 Senate 19 54 61 13 R 52 36 75 75 32
1971 66 Senate 35 53 74 14 R 41 40 88 78 16
1972 67 Senate 24 61 70 13 R 35 39 83 65 17
1973 68 Senate 24 63 78 9 R 38 47 86 80 20
1974 69 Senate 20 75 81 12 R 36 60 94 81* 6
1975 70 Senate 21 70 76 11 R 44 52 90 59 17
1976 71 Senate 28 59 70 14 R 36 49 84 75 12
1977 72 Senate 18 78 81 12 D 75 19 91 79 16
1978 73 Senate 34 63 79 15 D 72 23 94 45 17
1979 74 Senate 37 55 78 17 D 77 22 94 53 12
1980 75 Senate 20 62 70 11 D 57 24 82 76 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.