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William Randall

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 16, 1909 in Independence, MO
Died: July 7, 2000 in Independence, MO

Education:

  • Junior College of Kansas City, 1929
  • University of Missouri, 1931
  • Kansas City School of Law, 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Jackson County judge, 1946-1959


Election Results for William Randall


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1959 49 MO D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 28,171 58.0%
1960 50 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,050 82.7%
1960 50 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 111,557 54.0%
1962 52 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,698 80.7%
1962 52 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 59,599 53.9%
1964 54 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 48,151 83.2%
1964 54 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 109,375 63.9%
1966 56 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,562 100.0%
1966 56 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 54,330 60.9%
1968 58 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,070 100.0%
1968 58 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 104,056 57.9%
1970 60 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 43,622 85.5%
1970 60 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 80,153 60.1%
1972 62 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,113 100.0%
1972 62 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,131 57.4%
1974 64 MO D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 40,578 86.6%
1974 64 MO D U.S. House District 04 General 1 82,447 67.9%


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



Ideology Data for William Randall


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
1959 49 House 9 82 96 4 R 49 49 96 100
1960 50 House 0 100 90 6 R 40 49 91 100
1961 51 House 26 74 90 7 D 89 6 94 100 20
1962 52 House 25 75 82 11 D 85 8 92 88 29
1963 53 House 13 67 81 2 D 89 4 87 92 14
1964 54 House 58 25 61 26 D 73 17 83 69 27
1965 55 House 45 51 67 27 D 71 25 94 44 59
1966 56 House 57 24 38 43 D 50 37 84 18 64
1967 57 House 76 24 46 52 D 61 39 96 36 86
1968 58 House 65 27 45 50 D 56 41 94 17 77
1969 59 House 78 22 47 53 R 34 64 93 27 73
1970 60 House 59 25 49 40 R 55 42 91 22 59
1971 61 House 68 23 49 47 R 61 26 93 32 85
1972 62 House 77 18 38 55 R 59 35 93 13 78
1973 63 House 53 43 60 35 R 32 60 93 36 58
1974 64 House 66 29 46 48 R 53 40 95 26* 43
1975 65 House 69 26 52 43 R 42 55 93 26* 57
1976 66 House 60 22 39 42 R 53 31 80 13 66
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.