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Walter Riehlman

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 26, 1899 in Otisco, NY
Died: July 16, 1978 in Ormond Beach, FL

Education:

  • Central City Business School, 1921

Career:

  • Postmaster of Nedrow, 1921-1923
  • Bakery owner/operator
  • Onondaga County clerk, 1943-1946

Elected Office:

  • Tully Board of Education, 1933-1938
  • Onondaga County supervisor, 1938-1943


Election Results for Walter Riehlman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 46 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 76,372 63.3%
1948 48 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 78,409 50.5%
1950 50 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 81,508 61.9%
1952 52 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 113,778 63.2%
1954 54 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 90,002 63.5%
1956 56 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 124,108 67.0%
1958 58 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 90,285 53.8%
1960 60 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 105,241 53.8%
1962 62 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 84,780 54.8%
1964 64 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 2 91,697 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for Walter Riehlman


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
1947 47 House 95 5 D 96 25
1948 48 House 100 0 D 89 15
1949 49 House 64 14 D 78 17
1950 50 House 74 22 D 86 29
1951 51 House 72 25 D 90 31
1952 52 House 59 27 D 85 42
1953 53 House 92 5 R 94 90 36
1954 54 House 97 0 R 71 16 86 25
1955 55 House 52 16 R 59 22 79 38
1956 56 House 72 16 R 82 18 90 57
1957 57 House 69 15 R 55 35 86 56
1958 58 House 70 27 R 72 18 92 50
1959 59 House 91 9 85 6 R 72 17 85 22
1960 60 House 89 11 84 10 R 65 28 94 50
1961 61 House 78 9 71 17 D 46 48 91 10 55
1962 62 House 44 56 65 28 D 60 35 93 38 47
1963 63 House 40 13 55 21 D 41 41 79 25 86
1964 64 House 58 33 61 26 D 48 48 84 8 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.