RightDataUSA


Wayne Morse

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 20, 1900 near Madison, WI
Died: July 22, 1974 in Portland, OR

Education:

  • University of Wisconsin, 1923, 1924
  • University of Minnesota Law School, 1928
  • Columbia University Law School, 1932

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1923-1929

Career:

  • Professor, University of Oregon, 1929-1944
  • U.S. Labor Department arbitrator, 1938-1942

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Republican to Independent in 1952
  • Changed party affiliation from Independent to Democrat on February 17, 1955


Election Results for Wayne Morse


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 43 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 70,716 49.3%
1944 43 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 269,095 60.7%
1950 49 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 119,633 60.1%
1950 49 OR R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 376,510 74.8%
1956 55 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 195,784 83.4%
1956 55 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 396,849 54.2%
1962 61 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 183,385 79.8%
1962 61 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 344,716 54.2%
1968 67 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 185,091 49.0%
1968 67 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 405,353 49.8%
1972 71 OR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 173,147 43.7%
1972 71 OR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 425,036 46.2%
1974 73 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 155,729 49.0%


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



Ideology Data for Wayne Morse


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
1945 44 Senate 40 47 D 85
1946 45 Senate 17 77 D 90
1947 46 Senate 27 62 D 86 80
1948 47 Senate 67 27 D 91 88
1949 48 Senate 22 65 D 89 92
1950 49 Senate 38 60 D 70 88
1951 50 Senate 22 62 D 81 90
1952 51 Senate 41 47 D 88 71
1953 52 Senate R 28 82 80
1954 53 Senate R 29 62 88 100
1955 54 Senate 81 15 R 56 40 93 90
1956 55 Senate 83 10 R 42 48 90 100
1957 56 Senate 74 11 R 39 46 86 75
1958 57 Senate 91 3 R 37 55 93 100
1959 58 Senate 0 92 88 5 R 26 68 96 100
1960 59 Senate 4 76 76 11 R 38 43 79 92
1961 60 Senate 3 82 80 5 D 70 15 82 100 0
1962 61 Senate 18 71 70 13 D 61 22 86 100 23
1963 62 Senate 30 49 61 13 D 52 29 78 76 17
1964 63 Senate 27 69 59 33 D 58 40 93 79 19
1965 64 Senate 18 75 71 22 D 54 36 90 88 20
1966 65 Senate 14 77 75 16 D 56 36 92 90 14
1967 66 Senate 14 71 62 20 D 50 33 83 92 20
1968 67 Senate 14 44 39 11 D 37 20 54 79 23
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.