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William Minshall

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1911 in East Cleveland, OH
Died: October 15, 1990 in Delray Beach, FL

Education:

  • Cleveland Law School, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1940-1946
  • Awarded the Bronze Star

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant OH Attorney General, 1948-1952
  • Counsel to Maritime Administration, 1953-1954

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1939-1940


Election Results for William Minshall


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 42 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 11,316 39.0%
1954 42 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 69,994 67.5%
1956 44 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 26,897 100.0%
1956 44 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 102,707 69.0%
1958 46 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 27,558 100.0%
1958 46 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 95,267 66.5%
1960 48 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 29,569 100.0%
1960 48 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 123,364 67.3%
1962 50 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 31,088 100.0%
1962 50 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 107,510 71.5%
1964 52 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 37,705 100.0%
1964 52 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 131,554 67.2%
1966 54 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 26,062 100.0%
1966 54 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 102,513 73.2%
1968 56 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 34,226 100.0%
1968 56 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 106,852 52.0%
1970 58 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 43,312 100.0%
1970 58 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 111,218 60.0%
1972 60 OH R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 27,635 87.3%
1972 60 OH R U.S. House District 23 General 1 98,594 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Minshall


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
1955 43 House 77 19 R 71 27 99 56
1956 44 House 78 22 R 88 12 99 43
1957 45 House 86 5 R 43 53 90 11
1958 46 House 73 8 R 56 32 88 18
1959 47 House 91 0 81 4 R 57 19 76 11
1960 48 House 95 5 86 8 R 49 40 92 0
1961 49 House 87 9 81 12 D 29 65 91 0 79
1962 50 House 94 6 88 5 D 33 65 92 0 80
1963 51 House 60 13 77 7 D 25 66 87 8 88
1964 52 House 58 42 85 10 D 29 67 95 15 75
1965 53 House 92 4 85 7 D 34 59 92 5 88
1966 54 House 78 5 85 4 D 34 52 89 0 89
1967 55 House 91 2 83 6 D 42 46 87 14 85
1968 56 House 49 24 50 18 D 35 36 67 33 63
1969 57 House 78 9 75 15 R 55 36 89 7 69
1970 58 House 66 14 64 21 R 58 20 79 19 43
1971 59 House 71 9 66 13 R 63 19 81 7 100
1972 60 House 62 21 55 24 R 62 14 74 13 67
1973 61 House 65 8 64 13 R 54 20 76 12 77
1974 62 House 41 6 42 4 R 47 11 52 17 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   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.