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Walter Norblad

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 12, 1908 in Escanaba, MI
Died: September 20, 1964 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • University of Oregon, 1932

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1935-1937


Election Results for Walter Norblad


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 29 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 14,196 20.9%
1946 37 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,039 99.9%
1946 37 OR R U.S. House District 01 Special 1 20,832 67.3%
1946 37 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,535 72.0%
1948 39 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 54,334 85.5%
1948 39 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,587 63.2%
1950 41 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 54,474 99.9%
1950 41 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,547 66.5%
1952 43 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 57,569 75.5%
1952 43 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,720 68.0%
1954 45 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 98,592 63.0%
1956 47 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 63,837 84.1%
1956 47 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,360 54.7%
1958 49 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 47,972 67.8%
1958 49 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,423 54.9%
1960 51 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 74,396 99.9%
1960 51 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 144,743 65.1%
1962 53 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 64,535 99.8%
1962 53 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,263 61.8%


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



Ideology Data for Walter Norblad


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
1946 37 House 72 18 D 94
1947 38 House 87 11 D 96 25
1948 39 House 69 31 D 97 31
1949 40 House 61 15 D 80 11
1950 41 House 68 18 D 90 25
1951 42 House 52 27 D 82 33
1952 43 House 59 25 D 88 23
1953 44 House 66 24 R 86 86 30
1954 45 House 70 3 R 53 13 66 17
1955 46 House 52 16 R 61 17 78 71
1956 47 House 81 19 R 91 9 97 57
1957 48 House 63 19 R 45 32 76 57
1958 49 House 70 27 R 74 26 97 42
1959 50 House 100 0 62 25 R 65 26 90 33
1960 51 House 84 11 71 24 R 40 49 95 25
1961 52 House 70 22 59 31 D 52 42 92 20 67
1962 53 House 63 31 61 32 D 62 35 94 38 60
1963 54 House 87 13 88 7 D 23 69 91 0 88
1964 55 House 53 13 D 25 46 95 20 77
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.