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Earl Wilson

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1906 near Huron, IN
Died: April 27, 1990 in Bedford, IN

Education:

  • Attended Purdue University
  • Coyne Electrical School, 1928
  • Indiana University, 1931

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1931-1938
  • High school principal, 1939-1940

Elected Office:

  • IN Senate, 1969-1976


Election Results for Earl Wilson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 34 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 71,624 50.9%
1942 36 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 55,949 55.9%
1944 38 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 62,831 55.6%
1946 40 IN R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,578 85.1%
1946 40 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 58,384 55.8%
1948 42 IN R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 19,632 82.0%
1948 42 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 59,787 51.6%
1950 44 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 63,229 54.9%
1952 46 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 74,052 56.4%
1954 48 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 61,285 51.7%
1956 50 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 70,926 53.4%
1958 52 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 2 62,064 49.7%
1960 54 IN R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,241 86.7%
1960 54 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 71,402 50.6%
1962 56 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 1 65,287 52.1%
1964 58 IN R U.S. House District 09 General 2 62,780 45.6%


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



Ideology Data for Earl Wilson


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 70 9 D 85
1942 36 House 45 5 D 65
1943 37 House 85 4 D 80
1944 38 House 77 10 D 86
1945 39 House 54 2 D 62
1946 40 House 90 5 D 82
1947 41 House 92 8 D 95 8
1948 42 House 72 6 D 72 0
1949 43 House 79 11 D 86 0
1950 44 House 78 8 D 80 0
1951 45 House 78 9 D 82 9
1952 46 House 73 18 D 79 8
1953 47 House 66 21 R 69 86 10
1954 48 House 73 20 R 68 11 86 38
1955 49 House 68 29 R 73 22 93 33
1956 50 House 72 16 R 56 35 88 0
1957 51 House 83 12 R 42 55 96 22
1958 52 House 86 8 R 50 46 94 0
1961 55 House 100 0 86 7 D 23 71 94 0 93
1962 56 House 88 6 70 2 D 27 48 70 0 91
1963 57 House 87 13 88 12 D 24 76 99 25 88
1964 58 House 83 8 81 2 D 21 63 80 8 87
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.