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Edwin Willis

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 2, 1904 in Arnaudville, LA
Died: October 24, 1972 in St. Martinsville, LA

Education:

  • Loyola University (LA) Law School, 1926

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law lecturer, 1926-1936
  • Plantation owner

Elected Office:

  • LA Senate, 1948-1949


Election Results for Edwin Willis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 43 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,728 56.8%
1948 43 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 26,587 66.4%
1950 45 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 21,591 100.0%
1952 47 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,888 51.2%
1952 47 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 33,184 100.0%
1954 49 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,613 56.2%
1954 49 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 15,808 100.0%
1956 51 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 19,075 100.0%
1958 53 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 8,692 100.0%
1960 55 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 39,516 75.3%
1960 55 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 52,428 83.6%
1962 57 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 26,170 100.0%
1964 59 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 52,532 62.3%
1966 61 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 41,744 48.1%
1966 61 LA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 46,533 59.7%
1968 63 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,007 46.8%
1968 63 LA D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 2 36,005 42.4%


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



Ideology Data for Edwin Willis


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
1949 44 House 58 32 D 89 50
1950 45 House 59 22 D 71 20
1951 46 House 67 25 D 85 8
1952 47 House 34 45 D 69 17
1953 48 House 68 24 R 37 86 45
1954 49 House 40 20 R 13 34 51 38
1955 50 House 58 39 R 41 49 92 30
1956 51 House 63 16 R 41 41 85 29
1957 52 House 68 27 R 25 70 95 11
1958 53 House 54 16 R 38 44 73 45
1959 54 House 91 0 69 19 R 30 50 80 25
1960 55 House 79 11 35 33 R 16 44 65 38
1961 56 House 48 35 57 17 D 60 18 78 50 50
1962 57 House 50 19 68 12 D 68 15 79 63 47
1963 58 House 53 13 65 9 D 61 7 73 55 36
1964 59 House 58 17 65 15 D 69 13 77 58 33
1965 60 House 35 31 56 13 D 58 14 71 35 54
1966 61 House 11 8 10 4 D 10 2 13 0 100
1967 62 House 17 4 15 2 D 14 3 20 17 83
1968 63 House 43 12 30 20 D 50 17 61 10 31
Lifetime conservative rating:   45%


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.