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William Whittington

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 4, 1878 in Little Springs, MS
Died: August 20, 1962 in Greenwood, MS

Education:

  • Mississippi College, 1898
  • University of Mississippi Law School, 1899

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • Greenwood city council, 1907-1911
  • MS Senate, 1916-1920, 1924


Election Results for William Whittington


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 58 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,889 66.9%
1936 58 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 15,688 97.5%
1938 60 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 2,172 100.0%
1940 62 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 13,864 100.0%
1942 64 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 5,552 100.0%
1944 66 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 16,222 96.4%
1946 68 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 4,265 100.0%
1948 70 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 17,369 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for William Whittington


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
1937 59 House 76 22 D 99
1938 60 House 86 12 D 97
1939 61 House 81 16 D 95
1940 62 House 71 22 D 92
1941 63 House 76 11 D 90
1942 64 House 35 65 D 100
1943 65 House 67 33 D 99
1944 66 House 73 27 D 98
1945 67 House 80 18 D 96
1946 68 House 46 52 D 96
1947 69 House 71 29 D 100 58
1948 70 House 53 33 D 89 54
1949 71 House 48 47 D 95 46
1950 72 House 62 30 D 90 21


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.