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William Norrell

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 29, 1896 in Milo, AR
Died: February 15, 1961 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended University of Arkansas Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Quartermaster Corps, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • AR Senate, 1930-1938

Other notes:

  • Husband of Catherine Norrell


Election Results for William Norrell


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 41 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 17,662 100.0%
1940 43 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 27,972 100.0%
1942 45 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 13,166 100.0%
1944 47 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 31,785 100.0%
1946 49 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 23,892 84.7%
1948 51 AR D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 55,384 100.0%
1948 51 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 40,291 100.0%
1950 53 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 46,467 100.0%
1952 55 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 62,378 100.0%
1954 57 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 44,833 100.0%
1956 59 AR D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,618 49.5%
1956 59 AR D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 34,021 57.4%
1956 59 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 42,447 100.0%
1958 61 AR D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 43,557 69.5%
1958 61 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 0 0.0%
1960 63 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for William Norrell


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 42 House 90 10 D 95
1940 43 House 81 15 D 97
1941 44 House 93 7 D 98
1942 45 House 70 25 D 89
1943 46 House 58 40 D 98
1944 47 House 47 50 D 88
1945 48 House 52 38 D 90
1946 49 House 38 43 D 83
1947 50 House 37 26 D 51 30
1948 51 House 53 28 D 66 36
1949 52 House 42 49 D 92 15
1950 53 House 49 41 D 94 27
1951 54 House 48 43 D 89 15
1952 55 House 48 50 D 93 15
1953 56 House 61 37 R 39 96 27
1954 57 House 50 47 R 45 55 97 22
1955 58 House 65 29 R 46 46 91 20
1956 59 House 84 13 R 44 47 93 50
1957 60 House 73 25 R 52 45 98 22
1958 61 House 62 35 R 44 48 91 45
1959 62 House 100 0 67 33 R 44 56 99 22
1960 63 House 74 11 35 49 R 42 49 82 0
1961 64 House 3 2 D 0 2 3 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   100%


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.