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Martin Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 28, 1891 in Chicago, IL
Died: October 25, 1954 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Attended Northwestern University

Military Service:

  • Coast Artillery Corps, 1918

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Hoquiam municipal judge, 1914-1917
  • Board of Immigration Appeals, 1943-1944
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney General, 1944-1954

Elected Office:

  • Hoquiam city council, 1926-1928
  • Mayor of Hoquiam, 1928-1930


Election Results for Martin Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 45 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 43,463 66.5%
1936 45 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 67,159 72.0%
1938 47 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 41,836 58.4%
1938 47 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 52,305 60.3%
1940 49 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 29,837 39.5%
1940 49 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 60,529 55.3%
1942 51 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 16,489 37.6%
1942 51 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 2 25,894 42.9%
1944 53 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 4 25,605 7.5%


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



Ideology Data for Martin 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
1937 46 House 69 22 D 87
1938 47 House 69 10 D 75
1939 48 House 78 9 D 84
1940 49 House 61 15 D 75
1941 50 House 74 13 D 86
1942 51 House 75 5 D 82


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.