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William Van Pelt

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 10, 1905 in Glenbeulah, WI
Died: June 2, 1996 in Fond du Lac, WI

Career:

  • Owner/operator of City Fuel Co., 1939-1952


Election Results for William Van Pelt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 45 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 15,390 36.3%
1950 45 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 66,289 65.0%
1952 47 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 65,061 100.0%
1952 47 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 103,464 71.7%
1954 49 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 40,569 100.0%
1954 49 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 68,653 62.5%
1956 51 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 44,784 100.0%
1956 51 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,783 67.2%
1958 53 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,444 100.0%
1958 53 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 61,490 52.8%
1960 55 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 39,589 100.0%
1960 55 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 91,450 55.8%
1962 57 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,767 61.8%
1962 57 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 1 71,298 59.1%
1964 59 WI R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 24,569 54.1%
1964 59 WI R U.S. House District 06 General 2 82,103 49.2%


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



Ideology Data for William Van Pelt


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 46 House 93 0 D 91 8
1952 47 House 82 14 D 92 8
1953 48 House 84 11 R 70 96 9
1954 49 House 87 7 R 68 24 88 13
1955 50 House 94 0 R 54 34 91 0
1956 51 House 69 13 R 65 24 85 14
1957 52 House 75 12 R 45 45 82 0
1958 53 House 86 14 R 40 58 99 0
1959 54 House 100 0 71 6 R 44 26 69 11
1960 55 House 100 0 90 8 R 56 42 95 11
1961 56 House 70 0 69 9 D 18 57 79 0 92
1962 57 House 75 6 82 4 D 18 62 76 0 92
1963 58 House 67 0 65 3 D 15 51 68 0 93
1964 59 House 83 8 71 11 D 31 56 80 0 93
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.