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William Steiger

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 15, 1938 in Oshkosh, WI
Died: December 4, 1978 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Wisconsin, B.S., 1960

Elected Office:

  • WI Assembly, 1960-1967


Election Results for William Steiger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 28 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,617 100.0%
1966 28 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 67,941 52.4%
1968 30 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 35,250 100.0%
1968 30 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 111,934 64.0%
1970 32 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,585 100.0%
1970 32 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,587 67.7%
1972 34 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,759 100.0%
1972 34 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 130,701 65.8%
1974 36 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,317 100.0%
1974 36 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 86,652 59.5%
1976 38 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,953 100.0%
1976 38 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 139,541 63.3%
1978 40 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,314 100.0%
1978 40 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 114,742 69.6%


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



Ideology Data for William Steiger


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
1967 29 House 81 17 79 18 D 55 43 96 13 69
1968 30 House 55 45 68 29 D 65 28 94 25 70
1969 31 House 60 31 58 33 R 60 26 89 27 47
1970 32 House 57 36 54 43 R 71 18 91 28 50
1971 33 House 55 37 62 31 R 74 21 90 36 50
1972 34 House 61 33 64 26 R 78 14 87 36 56
1973 35 House 66 32 66 31 R 70 26 92 32 56
1974 36 House 57 38 59 34 R 75 21 92 48 33
1975 37 House 70 24 71 20 R 75 18 90 28 66
1976 38 House 64 31 62 30 R 76 22 92 17 73
1977 39 House 63 29 62 33 D 47 39 94 42 61
1978 40 House 54 37 56 34 D 49 36 87 35 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   60%


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.