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Henry Reuss

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 22, 1912 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: January 12, 2002 in San Rafael, CA

Education:

  • Cornell University, A.B., 1933
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Office of Price Administration, 1941-1942
  • U.S. National Resources Board, 1948-1952
  • Milwaukee County prosecutor, 1950

Elected Office:

  • Milwaukee school board, 1953-1954
  • Candidate for Mayor of Milwaukee, 1960


Election Results for Henry Reuss


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 40 WI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 94,379 49.2%
1954 42 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,534 73.2%
1954 42 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 77,208 52.2%
1956 44 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,620 100.0%
1956 44 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 118,603 57.7%
1958 46 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,809 100.0%
1958 46 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,374 69.4%
1960 48 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,658 78.5%
1960 48 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 128,314 58.1%
1962 50 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 34,667 100.0%
1962 50 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 103,705 63.6%
1964 52 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 39,075 100.0%
1964 52 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 107,610 76.0%
1966 54 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,559 100.0%
1966 54 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,332 70.0%
1968 56 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,665 100.0%
1968 56 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 76,607 67.8%
1970 58 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 18,812 100.0%
1970 58 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 60,630 75.9%
1972 60 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,865 100.0%
1972 60 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 127,273 77.3%
1974 62 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,640 100.0%
1974 62 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 65,060 80.0%
1976 64 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,670 64.5%
1976 64 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 134,935 77.8%
1978 66 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 32,076 100.0%
1978 66 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,067 73.1%
1980 68 WI D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 20,977 88.1%
1980 68 WI D U.S. House District 05 General 1 129,574 77.0%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Reuss


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
1955 43 House 97 3 R 68 32 100 100
1956 44 House 75 25 R 71 29 100 100
1957 45 House 75 25 R 77 23 100 100
1958 46 House 78 22 R 72 26 99 92
1959 47 House 0 91 94 6 R 48 52 98 100
1960 48 House 5 89 82 12 R 44 49 91 100
1961 49 House 9 70 81 3 D 88 3 84 100 0
1962 50 House 6 88 88 5 D 93 2 85 100 7
1963 51 House 0 87 81 3 D 82 3 85 100 0
1964 52 House 0 100 87 3 D 92 4 94 100 0
1965 53 House 2 94 90 6 D 93 5 94 100 6
1966 54 House 0 95 84 3 D 85 5 88 100 4
1967 55 House 2 89 85 3 D 76 11 86 93 0
1968 56 House 4 92 84 7 D 85 5 93 100 9
1969 57 House 4 91 82 5 R 49 43 90 100 17
1970 58 House 2 84 79 13 R 57 38 88 100 6
1971 59 House 4 90 77 11 R 33 63 89 97 0
1972 60 House 6 94 90 10 R 46 54 99 100 0
1973 61 House 9 89 88 12 R 30 68 95 88 4
1974 62 House 3 94 84 11 R 38 55 94 96 0
1975 63 House 8 90 93 5 R 35 61 95 95 8
1976 64 House 10 86 93 3 R 25 75 97 95 0
1977 65 House 9 88 89 8 D 75 22 95 95 8
1978 66 House 7 90 86 8 D 85 11 93 80 0
1979 67 House 7 92 93 3 D 87 11 95 95 3
1980 68 House 3 76 78 3 D 56 19 80 100 6
1981 69 House 13 75 80 9 R 32 58 84 94 0
1982 70 House 16 77 84 6 R 31 61 89 100 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.