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Alexander Wiley

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 26, 1884 in Chippewa Falls, WI
Died: May 26, 1967 in Germantown, PA

Education:

  • Attended University of Michigan
  • University of Wisconsin Law School, 1907

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Chippewa County district attorney, 1909-1915
  • Farmer
  • Banker


Election Results for Alexander Wiley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 52 WI R Governor Primary 1 86,090 51.8%
1936 52 WI R Governor General 2 363,973 29.4%
1938 54 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 70,400 32.9%
1938 54 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 446,770 47.7%
1944 60 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 153,570 52.7%
1944 60 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 634,513 50.5%
1950 66 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 308,536 77.8%
1950 66 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 595,283 53.3%
1956 72 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 221,042 48.9%
1956 72 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 892,473 58.6%
1962 78 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 347,155 80.3%
1962 78 WI R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 594,846 47.2%


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



Ideology Data for Alexander Wiley


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
1945 61 Senate 71 14 D 87
1946 62 Senate 76 13 D 84
1947 63 Senate 89 7 D 93 20
1948 64 Senate 75 11 D 80 38
1949 65 Senate 62 15 D 76 21
1950 66 Senate 64 22 D 84 43
1951 67 Senate 51 17 D 65 9
1952 68 Senate 68 17 D 78 31
1953 69 Senate 54 38 R 76 78 46
1954 70 Senate 46 20 R 40 18 60 36
1955 71 Senate 58 15 R 60 8 72 22
1956 72 Senate 48 22 R 52 12 68 75
1957 73 Senate 75 24 R 77 18 94 83
1958 74 Senate 57 26 R 70 19 90 50
1959 75 Senate 52 22 55 16 R 60 15 74 27
1960 76 Senate 54 24 51 28 R 60 23 85 60
1961 77 Senate 46 35 39 39 D 53 28 82 38 50
1962 78 Senate 53 26 59 18 D 45 35 78 36 47
Lifetime conservative rating:   48%


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.