Election results and ideology ratings for Howard W. Smith -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 2, 1883 in Broad Run, VA
Died: October 3, 1976 in Alexandria, VA

Election Results for Howard W. Smith

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1936	53	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	28,052	75.4%

1938	55	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	13,796	100.0%

1940	57	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	33,031	79.0%

1942	59	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	13,380	86.6%

1944	61	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	31,618	60.1%

1946	63	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	21,252	62.1%

1948	65	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	11,131	71.7%
1948	65	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	33,563	54.8%

1950	67	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	1	11,310	82.1%
1950	67	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	29,730	57.2%

1952	69	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	29,670	75.7%

1954	71	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	17,321	72.2%

1956	73	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	38,648	67.3%

1958	75	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	28,815	99.7%

1960	77	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	42,809	75.7%

1962	79	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	20,931	98.7%

1964	81	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	General	1	49,440	69.4%

1966	83	VA	D	U.S. House	District 08	Primary	2	26,470	49.4%

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

Ideology Data for Howard W. Smith

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1937	54	House			61	20	D			78
1938	55	House			69	21	D			92
1939	56	House			71	22	D			87
1940	57	House			62	24	D			79
1941	58	House			67	17	D			83
1942	59	House			15	75	D			83
1943	60	House			54	27	D			82
1944	61	House			37	23	D			74
1945	62	House			52	20	D			79
1946	63	House			49	39	D			90
1947	64	House			71	11	D			81	82
1948	65	House			69	31	D			94	54
1949	66	House			35	45	D			70	10
1950	67	House			37	55	D			90	0
1951	68	House			42	57	D			94	15
1952	69	House			48	52	D			99	31
1953	70	House			45	53	R	55		96	18
1954	71	House			33	57	R	39	42	87	11
1955	72	House			48	39	R	54	39	88	25
1956	73	House			50	34	R	59	41	90	0
1957	74	House			47	49	R	38	57	94	0
1958	75	House			38	57	R	36	52	90	8
1959	76	House	100	0	42	56	R	54	41	92	0
1960	77	House	95	0	31	59	R	51	47	92	0
1961	78	House	91	4	34	60	D	37	58	89	0	77
1962	79	House	81	12	47	49	D	53	42	92	13	57
1963	80	House	80	13	38	48	D	32	49	86	8	73
1964	81	House	100	0	27	63	D	37	62	92	8	88
1965	82	House	100	0	19	76	D	38	56	93	0	100
1966	83	House	97	0	26	66	D	49	45	89	0	85
Lifetime conservative rating:												81%

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.