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Winston Prouty

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 1, 1906 in Newport, VT
Died: September 10, 1971 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • Attended Lafayette College

Career:

  • VT Water Conservation Board, 1948-1950

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Newport (VT), 1938-1941
  • VT House, 1941-1949 (Speaker, 1947-1949)


Election Results for Winston Prouty


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 43 VT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 33,835 47.9%
1950 43 VT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 65,248 73.4%
1952 45 VT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 48,579 73.4%
1952 45 VT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 109,871 71.8%
1954 47 VT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 59,968 99.9%
1954 47 VT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 70,143 61.4%
1956 49 VT R U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 49,194 100.0%
1956 49 VT R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 103,736 67.1%
1958 51 VT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 31,866 64.6%
1958 51 VT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 64,900 52.2%
1964 57 VT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 43,648 99.9%
1964 57 VT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 87,879 53.5%
1970 63 VT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 39,007 99.2%
1970 63 VT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 91,198 58.9%


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



Ideology Data for Winston Prouty


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
1951 44 House 64 28 D 83 27
1952 45 House 52 32 D 81 33
1953 46 House 55 34 R 81 92 67
1954 47 House 80 20 R 79 13 95 50
1955 48 House 52 19 R 61 15 75 75
1956 49 House 59 38 R 79 15 93 86
1957 50 House 75 24 R 77 22 96 89
1958 51 House 35 27 R 56 18 74 56
1959 52 Senate 62 25 77 17 R 79 13 93 33
1960 53 Senate 74 26 76 20 R 77 19 96 25
1961 54 Senate 54 28 52 23 D 34 42 78 67 50
1962 55 Senate 68 9 71 18 D 46 44 89 17 71
1963 56 Senate 63 19 68 19 D 59 29 85 50 67
1964 57 Senate 53 41 68 28 D 49 47 94 53 56
1965 58 Senate 61 21 65 18 D 54 34 84 31 45
1966 59 Senate 54 31 53 24 D 50 28 79 37 59
1967 60 Senate 54 30 60 25 D 55 29 85 38 50
1968 61 Senate 57 30 50 28 D 53 30 82 50 60
1969 62 Senate 49 36 55 36 R 60 25 87 44 54
1970 63 Senate 52 27 49 27 R 57 19 75 47 56
1971 64 Senate 27 3 R 35 6 35 18 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.