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Wint Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 7, 1892 in Mankato, KS
Died: April 27, 1976 in Wichita, KS

Education:

  • University of Kansas, A.B., 1920
  • Yale University, LL.B., 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919, 1941-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Farmer/rancher
  • Assistant KS Attorney General, 1931-1940


Election Results for Wint Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 53 KS R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 8,466 40.7%
1946 53 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 44,343 58.1%
1948 55 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 55,013 57.6%
1950 57 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 51,653 59.5%
1952 59 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 66,723 62.5%
1954 61 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 43,831 53.3%
1956 63 KS R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,701 52.3%
1956 63 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 52,145 51.1%
1958 65 KS R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 12,039 44.9%
1958 65 KS R U.S. House District 06 General 1 43,782 49.2%


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



Ideology Data for Wint 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
1947 54 House 87 11 D 90 8
1948 55 House 75 25 D 92 15
1949 56 House 94 6 D 99 0
1950 57 House 73 8 D 76 0
1951 58 House 90 1 D 75 0
1952 59 House 91 2 D 93 0
1953 60 House 61 32 R 48 94 0
1954 61 House 80 17 R 50 45 91 0
1955 62 House 74 13 R 39 54 91 11
1956 63 House 59 22 R 50 47 92 0
1957 64 House 66 27 R 23 63 88 0
1958 65 House 41 22 R 30 42 71 0
1959 66 House 82 0 79 17 R 52 41 90 0
1960 67 House 79 5 57 16 R 40 44 74 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.