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Ancher Nelsen

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1904 in Buffalo Lake, MN
Died: November 30, 1992 in Hutchinson, MN

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Rural Electrification Administration Program, 1953-1956

Elected Office:

  • Lynn township board, 1929-1935
  • MN Senate, 1935-1949
  • MN Lt. Governor, 1953


Election Results for Ancher Nelsen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 51 MN R Governor Primary 1 283,844 94.4%
1956 51 MN R Governor General 2 685,196 48.2%
1958 53 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,644 87.3%
1958 53 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 71,623 57.1%
1960 55 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,587 100.0%
1960 55 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,471 57.2%
1962 57 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,124 100.0%
1962 57 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 81,557 62.2%
1964 59 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,985 100.0%
1964 59 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,804 58.4%
1966 61 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,964 100.0%
1966 61 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,855 66.2%
1968 63 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,602 100.0%
1968 63 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,623 59.5%
1970 65 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,761 100.0%
1970 65 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,080 63.3%
1972 67 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,187 100.0%
1972 67 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 124,350 57.1%


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



Ideology Data for Ancher Nelsen


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
1959 54 House 91 0 87 12 R 85 15 99 22
1960 55 House 100 0 90 8 R 77 21 95 22
1961 56 House 83 4 69 16 D 38 48 86 10 75
1962 57 House 69 25 70 19 D 55 43 92 25 79
1963 58 House 73 13 76 14 D 31 58 87 17 69
1964 59 House 75 17 79 10 D 37 54 91 8 88
1965 60 House 94 6 87 8 D 37 54 89 0 94
1966 61 House 81 8 80 8 D 34 52 89 0 78
1967 62 House 94 0 81 9 D 35 50 83 8 100
1968 63 House 63 24 62 20 D 50 31 80 8 86
1969 64 House 76 16 71 20 R 66 21 89 0 67
1970 65 House 82 9 79 13 R 78 12 92 18 82
1971 66 House 77 12 69 17 R 89 5 89 13 85
1972 67 House 79 7 74 13 R 76 16 85 0 78
1973 68 House 74 18 74 19 R 73 21 91 13 50
1974 69 House 61 19 63 20 R 72 21 83 9* 76
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.