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Alvin O'Konski

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 26, 1904 near Kewaunee, WI
Died: July 8, 1987 in Kewaunee, WI

Education:

  • Wisconsin State Teachers College, 1927
  • University of Wisconsin, 1932

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1926-1929
  • Faculty member at Oregon State University from 1929-1931, and University of Detroit, 1936-1938
  • School superintendent, 1932-1935
  • Editor/publisher


Election Results for Alvin O'Konski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 38 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 10,916 41.1%
1942 38 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 33,143 48.4%
1944 40 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 19,791 79.9%
1944 40 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 54,731 57.8%
1946 42 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,174 100.0%
1946 42 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 40,263 53.0%
1948 44 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 23,478 53.2%
1948 44 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 52,124 54.8%
1950 46 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,607 52.5%
1950 46 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 46,722 57.0%
1952 48 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 35,551 69.7%
1952 48 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 73,527 67.4%
1954 50 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,391 100.0%
1954 50 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 49,325 59.7%
1956 52 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 27,207 100.0%
1956 52 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 67,250 64.5%
1957 53 WI R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Primary 3 66,784 14.5%
1958 54 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 22,355 100.0%
1958 54 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 58,801 67.1%
1960 56 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 19,632 100.0%
1960 56 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 73,114 95.0%
1962 58 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 21,800 73.2%
1962 58 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 52,451 63.2%
1964 60 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,025 100.0%
1964 60 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 92,198 56.1%
1966 62 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,185 100.0%
1966 62 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 79,282 66.5%
1968 64 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 21,424 100.0%
1968 64 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 106,266 65.9%
1970 66 WI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 22,653 100.0%
1970 66 WI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 66,014 50.9%
1972 68 WI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,764 55.0%
1972 68 WI R U.S. House District 07 General 2 80,207 37.2%


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



Ideology Data for Alvin O'Konski


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
1943 39 House 44 40 D 76
1944 40 House 73 27 D 92
1945 41 House 72 18 D 80
1946 42 House 56 25 D 76
1947 43 House 61 32 D 94 18
1948 44 House 53 42 D 87 25
1949 45 House 56 35 D 92 38
1950 46 House 48 36 D 80 62
1951 47 House 36 31 D 51 45
1952 48 House 36 39 D 64 64
1953 49 House 39 42 R 32 76 44
1954 50 House 50 43 R 53 32 87 67
1955 51 House 52 42 R 27 59 86 40
1956 52 House 38 63 R 59 38 99 71
1957 53 House 37 46 R 58 27 81 56
1958 54 House 35 65 R 58 40 98 67
1959 55 House 45 27 35 56 R 43 50 90 57
1960 56 House 21 79 35 61 R 35 58 97 63
1961 57 House 22 43 38 38 D 37 40 76 67 50
1962 58 House 50 25 58 19 D 43 37 78 43 58
1963 59 House 67 13 64 19 D 30 56 87 64 64
1964 60 House 33 50 40 50 D 48 38 88 50 60
1965 61 House 57 41 51 42 D 55 39 95 39 65
1966 62 House 32 11 45 11 D 26 28 56 20 67
1967 63 House 74 15 60 15 D 35 41 78 36 92
1968 64 House 47 37 49 38 D 58 25 88 33 68
1969 65 House 57 23 47 25 R 36 45 72 36 60
1970 66 House 32 34 33 35 R 46 22 66 53 23
1971 67 House 72 28 58 39 R 75 25 98 31 60
1972 68 House 55 23 45 36 R 46 27 82 31 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.