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William Stanton

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 20, 1924 in Painesville, OH
Died: April 11, 2002 in Jacksonville, FL

Education:

  • Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Automobile businessman

Elected Office:

  • Lake County commissioner, 1956-1964


Election Results for William Stanton


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 40 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 24,591 60.2%
1964 40 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 102,619 55.4%
1966 42 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,752 100.0%
1966 42 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 86,273 69.3%
1968 44 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,356 100.0%
1968 44 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 116,323 75.3%
1970 46 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 37,111 100.0%
1970 46 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 91,437 68.2%
1972 48 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,859 100.0%
1972 48 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 106,841 68.2%
1974 50 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,883 100.0%
1974 50 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 79,756 60.5%
1976 52 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 36,825 100.0%
1976 52 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 120,716 71.7%
1978 54 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 23,568 100.0%
1978 54 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 89,327 68.1%
1980 56 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 34,897 100.0%
1980 56 OH R U.S. House District 11 General 1 128,507 69.3%


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



Ideology Data for William Stanton


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
1965 41 House 94 4 87 10 D 43 54 98 5 88
1966 42 House 84 3 85 3 D 36 51 87 0 81
1967 43 House 72 26 72 22 D 54 42 94 8 71
1968 44 House 43 53 50 48 D 74 18 97 42 48
1969 45 House 60 38 53 42 R 70 23 95 29 33
1970 46 House 50 43 56 42 R 81 12 89 65 33
1971 47 House 58 22 54 26 R 74 18 82 29 47
1972 48 House 65 24 66 25 R 76 14 90 21 50
1973 49 House 68 31 65 34 R 71 29 97 32 44
1974 50 House 54 40 53 43 R 64 30 96 30 17
1975 51 House 64 26 65 28 R 78 21 92 31 59
1976 52 House 69 31 66 34 R 80 18 97 15 69
1977 53 House 71 26 65 33 D 59 41 97 15 66
1978 54 House 74 26 71 29 D 49 47 97 15 75
1979 55 House 75 24 63 33 D 46 52 96 16 79
1980 56 House 62 31 57 38 D 56 39 94 44 37
1981 57 House 77 20 72 23 R 71 28 96 26 75
1982 58 House 32 8 33 14 R 40 14 48 17 78
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.