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Dewey Short

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 7, 1898 in Galena, MO
Died: November 19, 1979 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Baker University, 1919
  • Boston University, 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I (infantry)

Career:

  • Pastor
  • Professor at Southwestern College, 1923-1924, 1926-1928
  • Assistant U.S. Secretary of the Army, 1957-1961


Election Results for Dewey Short


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 38 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,849 100.0%
1936 38 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 73,861 52.5%
1938 40 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 44,586 100.0%
1938 40 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 63,758 56.3%
1940 42 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 47,995 100.0%
1940 42 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 86,547 59.3%
1942 44 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,894 100.0%
1942 44 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 49,595 63.5%
1944 46 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 41,799 100.0%
1944 46 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 76,180 64.0%
1946 48 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,638 72.4%
1946 48 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 50,588 65.4%
1948 50 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,276 56.3%
1948 50 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 61,242 54.0%
1950 52 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,135 100.0%
1950 52 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 60,557 58.7%
1952 54 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 45,364 78.7%
1952 54 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 115,842 61.7%
1954 56 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,616 58.4%
1954 56 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 67,918 53.6%
1956 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,656 100.0%
1956 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 2 89,926 49.7%


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



Ideology Data for Dewey Short


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
1937 39 House 86 5 D 82
1938 40 House 88 2 D 75
1939 41 House 80 9 D 73
1940 42 House 79 6 D 71
1941 43 House 85 4 D 66
1942 44 House 70 10 D 67
1943 45 House 90 6 D 81
1944 46 House 83 3 D 72
1945 47 House 78 4 D 61
1946 48 House 77 10 D 62
1947 49 House 78 11 D 80 0
1948 50 House 67 14 D 71 8
1949 51 House 85 6 D 79 0
1950 52 House 82 11 D 82 0
1951 53 House 91 3 D 81 0
1952 54 House 80 5 D 67 0
1953 55 House 82 16 R 59 93 0
1954 56 House 57 13 R 32 24 49 25
1955 57 House 65 10 R 49 29 75 11
1956 58 House 75 19 R 59 29 86 0


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.