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Sidney Simpson

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 20, 1894 in Carrollton, IL
Died: October 26, 1958 in Pittsfield, IL

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Owner of Simpson Motor Co. and Simpson Bus Co.
  • Carrollton city treasurer

Other notes:

  • Husband of Edna Simpson


Election Results for Sidney Simpson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 47 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 7,747 43.8%
1942 47 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 31,360 51.0%
1944 49 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 38,922 55.6%
1946 51 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 12,217 100.0%
1946 51 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 34,923 58.8%
1948 53 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 19,233 100.0%
1948 53 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 59,067 53.1%
1950 55 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 19,899 100.0%
1950 55 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 62,138 59.3%
1952 57 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 34,535 100.0%
1952 57 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 84,994 61.8%
1954 59 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 28,897 100.0%
1954 59 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 68,104 62.9%
1956 61 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 29,101 100.0%
1956 61 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 1 79,641 59.6%
1958 63 IL R U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 27,521 100.0%
1958 63 IL R U.S. House District 20 General 3 404 0.4%


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



Ideology Data for Sidney Simpson


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
1943 48 House 92 6 D 96
1944 49 House 87 13 D 94
1945 50 House 78 12 D 77
1946 51 House 77 10 D 85
1947 52 House 76 18 D 94 17
1948 53 House 75 17 D 91 23
1949 54 House 95 5 D 98 8
1950 55 House 79 19 D 93 0
1951 56 House 94 4 D 92 8
1952 57 House 86 14 D 99 15
1953 58 House 79 21 R 65 100 9
1954 59 House 77 20 R 74 24 93 22
1955 60 House 61 39 R 56 37 96 30
1956 61 House 69 31 R 71 29 100 57
1957 62 House 81 17 R 53 40 96 22


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.