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Victor Wickersham

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 9, 1906 near Lone Rock, AR
Died: March 15, 1988 in Magnum, OK

Career:

  • Greer County court clerk, 1926-1935
  • Clerk, OK Board of Affairs, 1935-1936
  • Building contractor, 1937-1938
  • Life insurance businessman, 1938-1941

Elected Office:

  • OK House, 1971-1979, 1988


Election Results for Victor Wickersham


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 32 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 12,354 23.5%
1940 34 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 3 9,251 18.2%
1941 35 OK D U.S. House District 07 Special Primary 1 8,062 20.0%
1941 35 OK D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 19,884 82.5%
1942 36 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 27,510 79.2%
1942 36 OK D U.S. House District 07 General 1 14,042 70.0%
1944 38 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 14,311 56.0%
1944 38 OK D U.S. House District 07 General 1 35,895 70.8%
1946 40 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 13,420 38.6%
1946 40 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 2 16,749 47.8%
1948 42 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,515 51.6%
1948 42 OK D U.S. House District 07 General 1 39,380 79.4%
1950 44 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,113 45.4%
1950 44 OK D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 23,821 54.0%
1950 44 OK D U.S. House District 07 General 1 28,733 67.1%
1952 46 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,256 42.7%
1952 46 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 36,316 53.3%
1952 46 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,823 63.3%
1954 48 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 57,565 71.4%
1954 48 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 62,119 69.3%
1956 50 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 36,166 45.4%
1956 50 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 32,903 46.4%
1958 52 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 33,743 39.5%
1958 52 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 45,432 50.0%
1960 54 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 40,706 50.2%
1960 54 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 68,192 50.0%
1962 56 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 47,206 48.3%
1962 56 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 43,490 50.8%
1962 56 OK D U.S. House District 06 General 1 56,508 53.6%
1964 58 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,930 49.9%
1964 58 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 40,861 49.2%
1966 60 OK D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 44,005 47.5%
1968 62 OK D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 17,510 24.6%
1978 72 OK D Auditor Primary 2 220,022 45.1%


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



Ideology Data for Victor Wickersham


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
1941 35 House 57 9 D 68
1942 36 House 70 30 D 100
1943 37 House 79 21 D 95
1944 38 House 70 30 D 97
1945 39 House 74 14 D 82
1946 40 House 34 26 D 49
1949 43 House 64 26 D 90 77
1950 44 House 75 10 D 80 62
1951 45 House 90 6 D 94 62
1952 46 House 30 9 D 32 0
1953 47 House 74 26 R 65 97 45
1954 48 House 67 23 R 47 47 92 56
1955 49 House 61 32 R 51 46 93 44
1956 50 House 41 9 R 41 24 48 50
1961 55 House 22 78 96 4 D 88 9 97 90 7
1962 56 House 37 56 86 9 D 78 10 87 50 21
1963 57 House 40 47 83 5 D 82 6 83 75 31
1964 58 House 42 58 68 8 D 71 10 74 75 20
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.