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William Widnall

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 17, 1906 in Hackensack, NJ
Died: December 28, 1983 in Ridgewood, NJ

Education:

  • Brown University, Ph.B., 1926
  • Rutgers University, LL.B., 1931

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Chairman of National Commission on Electronic Fund Transfers, 1975-1981

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1946-1950


Election Results for William Widnall


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 44 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Special 1 32,443 67.5%
1950 44 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,016 92.3%
1950 44 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,421 69.7%
1952 46 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,473 64.4%
1952 46 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 130,603 68.3%
1954 48 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,105 88.2%
1954 48 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 95,977 62.2%
1956 50 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,014 100.0%
1956 50 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 151,573 70.7%
1958 52 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,230 100.0%
1958 52 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 103,169 59.6%
1960 54 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,214 100.0%
1960 54 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 156,758 63.7%
1962 56 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 23,701 100.0%
1962 56 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 110,926 61.4%
1964 58 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,622 100.0%
1964 58 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 144,585 56.4%
1966 60 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 13,242 69.6%
1966 60 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 101,253 66.4%
1968 62 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 17,202 100.0%
1968 62 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 120,523 62.2%
1970 64 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 16,780 100.0%
1970 64 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 90,410 58.6%
1972 66 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 17,778 100.0%
1972 66 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 1 124,365 57.9%
1974 68 NJ R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 10,245 63.9%
1974 68 NJ R U.S. House District 07 General 2 71,377 44.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Widnall


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
1950 44 House 66 15 D 80 25
1951 45 House 54 24 D 82 27
1952 46 House 50 43 D 78 46
1953 47 House 79 18 R 94 93 55
1954 48 House 77 17 R 89 11 89 44
1955 49 House 74 13 R 59 34 91 29
1956 50 House 88 13 R 91 3 96 71
1957 51 House 56 34 R 67 23 90 89
1958 52 House 57 43 R 90 8 95 58
1959 53 House 73 18 77 17 R 80 13 92 33
1960 54 House 68 16 69 20 R 70 23 90 56
1961 55 House 61 22 78 17 D 48 46 91 30 57
1962 56 House 50 50 61 33 D 60 37 95 50 53
1963 57 House 60 13 58 24 D 45 39 83 17 80
1964 58 House 33 67 48 47 D 65 29 93 46 56
1965 59 House 51 31 50 33 D 60 29 86 19 79
1966 60 House 41 46 58 33 D 54 32 87 18 63
1967 61 House 44 43 53 35 D 56 31 87 40 54
1968 62 House 45 51 41 41 D 70 23 87 45 41
1969 63 House 62 24 56 25 R 68 21 89 20 40
1970 64 House 48 43 56 38 R 75 14 89 44 39
1971 65 House 58 26 54 33 R 68 16 81 34 47
1972 66 House 67 26 62 33 R 73 16 86 20 50
1973 67 House 62 25 57 35 R 57 37 89 35 52
1974 68 House 61 33 44 46 R 68 28 87 35* 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.