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Lawrence Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 15, 1892 in Racine, WI
Died: January 22, 1958 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Marquette University Law School, 1923

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Lawrence Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1941 48 WI R U.S. House District 01 Special Primary 1 3,896 28.6%
1941 48 WI R U.S. House District 01 Special 1 29,638 63.6%
1942 49 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,580 100.0%
1942 49 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 46,453 71.9%
1944 51 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,414 100.0%
1944 51 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,223 74.8%
1946 53 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,105 100.0%
1946 53 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 58,344 56.5%
1948 55 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,749 69.6%
1948 55 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,387 51.9%
1950 57 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,989 100.0%
1950 57 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,883 57.2%
1952 59 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 64,984 100.0%
1952 59 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,742 59.4%
1954 61 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,427 100.0%
1954 61 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 65,562 54.4%
1956 63 WI R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,603 100.0%
1956 63 WI R U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,882 57.1%


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



Ideology Data for Lawrence Smith


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
1941 48 House 11 4 D 19
1942 49 House 85 10 D 89
1943 50 House 90 10 D 97
1944 51 House 80 13 D 89
1945 52 House 80 10 D 85
1946 53 House 90 7 D 85
1947 54 House 89 8 D 95 9
1948 55 House 78 17 D 92 17
1949 56 House 88 6 D 93 0
1950 57 House 90 3 D 91 7
1951 58 House 93 1 D 91 0
1952 59 House 86 5 D 83 8
1953 60 House 84 16 R 61 92 9
1954 61 House 90 7 R 68 29 95 11
1955 62 House 55 13 R 29 39 70 13
1956 63 House 81 9 R 65 26 90 0
1957 64 House 86 7 R 40 60 95 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.