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Basil Whitener

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 14, 1915 in York County, SC
Died: March 20, 1989 in Gastonia, NC

Education:

  • Rutherford College, 1933
  • Attended University of South Carolina, 1933-1935
  • Duke University Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Solicitor, 1946-1956

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1941-1942


Election Results for Basil Whitener


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 41 NC D U.S. House District 11 Primary 2 19,262 44.9%
1956 41 NC D U.S. House District 11 Primary Runoff 1 22,242 51.4%
1956 41 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 59,417 100.0%
1958 43 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 37,926 100.0%
1960 45 NC D U.S. House District 11 General 1 65,478 61.1%
1962 47 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 1 52,641 55.1%
1964 49 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 1 78,684 58.6%
1966 51 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 1 52,117 56.1%
1968 53 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 2 72,295 45.2%
1970 55 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 2 48,113 42.9%


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



Ideology Data for Basil Whitener


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
1957 42 House 59 29 R 27 67 87 29
1958 43 House 49 51 R 30 70 97 8
1959 44 House 100 0 67 27 R 33 59 93 33
1960 45 House 84 11 49 49 R 21 79 98 22
1961 46 House 78 17 52 41 D 57 40 96 20 73
1962 47 House 88 6 40 47 D 48 40 83 0 67
1963 48 House 100 0 48 45 D 52 38 93 18 80
1964 49 House 100 0 50 50 D 63 35 100 31 75
1965 50 House 100 0 30 68 D 46 54 98 0 94
1966 51 House 89 5 19 69 D 40 47 89 6 81
1967 52 House 80 4 27 60 D 49 45 91 8 100
1968 53 House 90 6 30 61 D 48 50 90 8 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.