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William Springer

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 12, 1909 in Sullivan, IN
Died: September 20, 1992 in Champaign, IL

Education:

  • DePauw University, B.A., 1931
  • University of Illinois, LL.B., 1935

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • IL state's attorney for Champaign County, 1940-1942
  • Champaign County judge, 1946-1950
  • Federal Power Commission, 1973-1975
  • Federal Election Commission, 1976-1979


Election Results for William Springer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 39 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 15,303 43.7%
1950 41 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 24,004 75.6%
1950 41 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 67,668 60.7%
1952 43 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 44,049 100.0%
1952 43 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 92,851 63.0%
1954 45 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 36,052 100.0%
1954 45 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 66,797 62.0%
1956 47 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 34,926 100.0%
1956 47 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 93,399 62.3%
1958 49 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 33,989 100.0%
1958 49 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 65,080 60.5%
1960 51 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 40,259 100.0%
1960 51 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 98,438 61.4%
1962 53 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 36,279 100.0%
1962 53 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 70,870 59.7%
1964 55 IL R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 40,551 100.0%
1964 55 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 80,895 53.0%
1966 57 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 96,453 63.3%
1968 59 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 115,258 64.3%
1970 61 IL R U.S. House District 22 General 1 83,131 59.0%


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



Ideology Data for William Springer


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
1951 42 House 79 18 D 97 15
1952 43 House 77 20 D 99 23
1953 44 House 79 11 R 91 85 33
1954 45 House 67 33 R 87 11 99 33
1955 46 House 61 39 R 68 32 100 50
1956 47 House 72 28 R 76 24 99 43
1957 48 House 68 27 R 65 35 97 67
1958 49 House 78 22 R 52 48 100 33
1959 50 House 91 9 81 19 R 81 19 100 22
1960 51 House 100 0 86 14 R 70 30 100 22
1961 52 House 65 13 59 29 D 49 40 86 10 58
1962 53 House 50 31 70 16 D 57 35 85 25 71
1963 54 House 73 20 62 26 D 42 46 88 17 81
1964 55 House 67 17 77 13 D 46 46 93 8 85
1965 56 House 73 12 71 10 D 42 42 84 7 100
1966 57 House 70 27 79 19 D 51 45 95 6 76
1967 58 House 81 17 79 18 D 54 44 96 14 71
1968 59 House 65 27 67 28 D 58 31 92 17 74
1969 60 House 71 24 60 33 R 68 30 89 0 43
1970 61 House 82 7 74 13 R 82 9 89 22 87
1971 62 House 75 5 69 9 R 82 11 81 13 75
1972 63 House 54 6 53 9 R 73 5 66 0 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.