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William Stigler

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 7, 1891 in Stigler, OK
Died: August 21, 1952 in Stigler, OK

Education:

  • Northeastern State College, 1912
  • Attended University of Oklahoma Law School
  • Attended University of Grenoble, 1919

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919
  • OK National Guard, 1925-1938

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Stigler city attorney, 1920-1924

Elected Office:

  • OK Senate, 1924-1932


Election Results for William Stigler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 52 OK D U.S. House District 02 Special Primary 1 4,345 31.2%
1944 52 OK D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 22,036 54.4%
1944 52 OK D U.S. House District 02 General 1 39,052 58.0%
1946 54 OK D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,332 57.9%
1946 54 OK D U.S. House District 02 General 1 32,559 63.1%
1948 56 OK D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,815 63.0%
1948 56 OK D U.S. House District 02 General 1 43,801 70.6%
1950 58 OK D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 33,136 81.6%
1950 58 OK D U.S. House District 02 General 1 36,552 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for William Stigler


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
1944 52 House 27 23 D 54
1945 53 House 78 10 D 81
1946 54 House 52 16 D 59
1947 55 House 82 11 D 89 83
1948 56 House 61 3 D 37 100
1949 57 House 70 21 D 89 85
1950 58 House 79 10 D 84 71
1951 59 House 88 9 D 95 54
1952 60 House 41 7 D 38 80


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.