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Norris Poulson

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 23, 1895 near Haines, OR
Died: September 25, 1982 in Orange, CA

Education:

  • Attended Oregon State University and Southwestern University

Career:

  • Certified Public Accountant
  • CA Water Commissioner, 1963-1969

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1938-1942
  • Mayor of Los Angeles (CA), 1953-1961
  • Candidate for Mayor of Los Angeles, 1961


Election Results for Norris Poulson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 46 CA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 10,807 55.0%
1942 46 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 4 3,784 11.5%
1942 46 CA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 38,577 49.5%
1944 48 CA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,357 78.7%
1944 48 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 2 10,787 27.9%
1944 48 CA R U.S. House District 13 General 2 54,792 45.0%
1946 50 CA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 17,566 70.0%
1946 50 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 2 10,270 28.3%
1946 50 CA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 48,071 51.8%
1948 52 CA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 24,294 85.5%
1948 52 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 2 17,886 42.8%
1948 52 CA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 62,951 52.6%
1950 54 CA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 26,169 87.3%
1950 54 CA D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 18,078 43.4%
1950 54 CA R,D U.S. House District 13 General 1 83,296 84.8%
1952 56 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 44,915 88.0%
1952 56 CA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 28,671 58.3%
1952 56 CA R,D U.S. House District 24 General 1 119,799 87.2%


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



Ideology Data for Norris Poulson


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 47 House 83 15 D 92
1944 48 House 53 33 D 82
1947 51 House 61 18 D 76 50
1948 52 House 64 11 D 86 36
1949 53 House 55 15 D 74 20
1950 54 House 68 21 D 75 15
1951 55 House 87 7 D 83 9
1952 56 House 80 5 D 71 0
1953 57 House 29 0 R 83 15 25


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.