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Wilbur Mills

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 24, 1909 in Kensett, AR
Died: May 2, 1992 in Searcy, AR

Education:

  • Attended Harvard University Law School

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • White County judge, 1934-1938


Election Results for Wilbur Mills


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 29 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 18,513 100.0%
1940 31 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 26,105 100.0%
1942 33 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 11,380 100.0%
1944 35 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 24,977 100.0%
1946 37 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 22,955 100.0%
1948 39 AR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 39,901 100.0%
1948 39 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 29,922 100.0%
1950 41 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 31,048 100.0%
1952 43 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 36,252 100.0%
1954 45 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 33,038 100.0%
1956 47 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 19,540 100.0%
1958 49 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1960 51 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1962 53 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1964 55 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1966 57 AR D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 84,016 72.8%
1966 57 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1968 59 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1970 61 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 63 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 0 0.0%
1974 65 AR D U.S. House District 02 General 1 80,296 58.9%


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



Ideology Data for Wilbur Mills


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
1939 30 House 88 10 D 98
1940 31 House 88 11 D 95
1941 32 House 91 7 D 96
1942 33 House 45 35 D 86
1943 34 House 69 31 D 96
1944 35 House 53 20 D 74
1945 36 House 86 14 D 94
1946 37 House 56 44 D 98
1947 38 House 76 24 D 100 58
1948 39 House 83 17 D 100 54
1949 40 House 71 29 D 99 77
1950 41 House 79 21 D 100 53
1951 42 House 81 18 D 99 46
1952 43 House 68 30 D 96 42
1953 44 House 79 21 R 38 96 55
1954 45 House 67 30 R 54 45 97 22
1955 46 House 84 16 R 66 34 100 60
1956 47 House 81 19 R 53 44 99 43
1957 48 House 66 34 R 63 28 100 22
1958 49 House 81 19 R 58 38 98 58
1959 50 House 91 9 87 12 R 44 56 100 44
1960 51 House 58 42 78 22 R 40 58 96 44
1961 52 House 65 35 83 17 D 82 17 99 50 40
1962 53 House 37 63 89 9 D 88 8 98 63 33
1963 54 House 47 40 86 9 D 82 14 92 64 44
1964 55 House 75 8 69 21 D 77 15 90 69 50
1965 56 House 49 29 56 25 D 68 23 86 39 60
1966 57 House 76 8 51 38 D 61 27 92 7 50
1967 58 House 74 13 52 35 D 65 25 90 21 69
1968 59 House 75 14 39 51 D 55 39 91 8 78
1969 60 House 56 24 44 35 R 57 26 74 18 46
1970 61 House 68 11 44 43 R 57 29 86 29 59
1971 62 House 42 21 40 24 R 58 25 64 33 29
1972 63 House 45 27 40 28 R 57 22 71 25 40
1973 64 House 23 8 20 16 R 26 25 31 50 17
1974 65 House 38 27 35 17 R 40 21 55 42 47
1975 66 House 54 18 37 31 R 43 31 69 11* 65
1976 67 House 52 32 56 29 R 43 39 81 18 37
Lifetime conservative rating:   50%


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.