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Fred Marshall

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 13, 1906 near Grove City, MN
Died: June 5, 1985 in Litchfield, MN

Career:

  • Farmer
  • MN Agriculture Administration Committee, 1937-1941
  • MN director of Farm Security Administration, 1941-1948


Election Results for Fred Marshall


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 9,049 57.6%
1948 42 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 66,601 51.7%
1950 44 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 63,911 56.2%
1952 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,073 86.5%
1952 46 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,041 52.6%
1954 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,528 100.0%
1954 48 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,922 61.9%
1956 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,433 100.0%
1956 50 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 76,396 56.2%
1958 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 32,895 100.0%
1958 52 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 73,881 64.3%
1960 54 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,446 100.0%
1960 54 MN DFL U.S. House District 06 General 1 87,332 59.6%


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



Ideology Data for Fred Marshall


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
1949 43 House 73 17 D 90 100
1950 44 House 73 14 D 83 83
1951 45 House 84 16 D 98 85
1952 46 House 70 20 D 89 92
1953 47 House 66 29 R 65 96 100
1954 48 House 87 13 R 50 50 100 100
1955 49 House 90 10 R 59 41 99 100
1956 50 House 72 28 R 62 38 100 86
1957 51 House 75 25 R 63 37 100 56
1958 52 House 46 35 R 62 26 88 67
1959 53 House 36 64 62 29 R 35 44 86 67
1960 54 House 16 32 61 14 R 44 47 84 75
1961 55 House 35 65 79 19 D 83 15 97 70 27
1962 56 House 19 81 79 14 D 80 17 92 88 23
Lifetime conservative rating:   25%


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.