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Richard Wigglesworth

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 25, 1891 in Boston, MA
Died: October 22, 1960 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • Harvard University, 1912, Law School, 1916

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Secretary fo Philippine Governor, 1913
  • Lawyer
  • Legal advisor to federal agencies, 1922-1924
  • Assistant to reparations payment agent in Berlin, 1924-1927
  • U.S. Ambassador to Canada, 1959-1960


Election Results for Richard Wigglesworth


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 45 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 31,206 87.3%
1936 45 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 76,793 58.5%
1938 47 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 38,197 100.0%
1938 47 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 86,389 68.4%
1940 49 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 26,871 99.9%
1940 49 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 92,651 65.0%
1942 51 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 18,098 100.0%
1942 51 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 62,608 59.3%
1944 53 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 17,257 100.0%
1944 53 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 97,013 65.8%
1946 55 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 14,055 100.0%
1946 55 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 87,839 67.5%
1948 57 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 89,913 56.6%
1950 59 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 31,671 100.0%
1950 59 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 90,387 62.2%
1952 61 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 37,905 100.0%
1952 61 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 114,761 60.6%
1954 63 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 20,012 100.0%
1954 63 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 90,924 58.0%
1956 65 MA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 25,680 72.8%
1956 65 MA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 109,950 55.6%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Wigglesworth


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 46 House 85 7 D 81
1938 47 House 86 10 D 90
1939 48 House 90 7 D 91
1940 49 House 86 6 D 83
1941 50 House 78 15 D 93
1942 51 House 75 15 D 93
1943 52 House 85 10 D 93
1944 53 House 90 10 D 98
1945 54 House 76 20 D 96
1946 55 House 72 21 D 94
1947 56 House 97 3 D 95 25
1948 57 House 92 6 D 99 15
1949 58 House 86 14 D 100 15
1950 59 House 81 19 D 91 33
1951 60 House 70 24 D 89 33
1952 61 House 59 32 D 92 33
1953 62 House 71 16 R 100 59 56
1954 63 House 73 13 R 79 16 89 38
1955 64 House 71 29 R 80 20 100 40
1956 65 House 75 22 R 82 15 97 71
1957 66 House 75 25 R 72 28 100 78
1958 67 House 70 22 R 78 18 91 25


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.