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Arthur Winstead

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 6, 1904 near Philadelphia, MS
Died: March 4, 1995 in Philadelphia, MS

Education:

  • Attended University of Alabama
  • Mississippi Southern College, 1931

Career:

  • Farmer
  • Neshoba County superintendent of education, 1935-1942
  • Commissioner of MS Department of Public Welfare, 1968-1971


Election Results for Arthur Winstead


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 38 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 7,996 32.6%
1942 38 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 13,074 51.5%
1942 38 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 10,548 100.0%
1944 40 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 22,924 100.0%
1946 42 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 18,475 65.5%
1946 42 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 7,122 100.0%
1948 44 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 22,641 100.0%
1950 46 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,895 61.0%
1950 46 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 13,395 97.6%
1952 48 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 39,919 94.1%
1954 50 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 15,444 100.0%
1956 52 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 35,461 100.0%
1958 54 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,137 79.5%
1958 54 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 14,517 100.0%
1960 56 MS D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 12,520 65.7%
1960 56 MS D U.S. House District 05 General 1 40,480 100.0%
1962 58 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 21,730 83.0%
1964 60 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,886 61.8%
1964 60 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 2 28,057 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for Arthur Winstead


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
1943 39 House 73 25 D 95
1944 40 House 60 27 D 80
1945 41 House 62 36 D 96
1946 42 House 20 48 D 68
1947 43 House 79 16 D 93 78
1948 44 House 72 22 D 94 58
1949 45 House 36 55 D 92 17
1950 46 House 34 40 D 72 8
1951 47 House 30 67 D 94 15
1952 48 House 39 59 D 96 15
1953 49 House 74 13 R 35 89 30
1954 50 House 80 20 R 37 63 99 44
1955 51 House 42 39 R 39 54 88 13
1956 52 House 72 19 R 44 53 93 29
1957 53 House 51 46 R 20 77 98 0
1958 54 House 41 27 R 20 54 76 11
1959 55 House 100 0 52 37 R 35 57 90 11
1960 56 House 89 0 29 67 R 28 63 92 0
1961 57 House 87 0 22 62 D 23 63 84 0 100
1962 58 House 81 0 25 56 D 30 57 83 13 87
1963 59 House 80 0 21 65 D 21 62 83 0 100
1964 60 House 58 0 18 56 D 23 56 68 0 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.