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Gardner Withrow

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 5, 1892 in La Crosse, WI
Died: September 23, 1964 in La Crosse, WI

Career:

  • Railroad fireman/conductor, 1912-1931
  • State represenatative for railroad brotherhoods, 1928-1931

Elected Office:

  • WI Assembly, 1926-1927


Election Results for Gardner Withrow


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,158 100.0%
1936 43 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,141 51.1%
1938 45 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 15,801 100.0%
1938 45 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 General 2 36,509 42.0%
1940 47 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 11,810 87.7%
1940 47 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 General 2 52,131 44.0%
1942 49 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 4,584 100.0%
1942 49 WI Progressive U.S. House District 03 General 2 31,092 42.6%
1948 55 WI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,099 41.0%
1948 55 WI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 69,727 69.2%
1950 57 WI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 15,847 35.7%
1950 57 WI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,783 58.8%
1952 59 WI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,062 51.3%
1952 59 WI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 96,908 75.1%
1954 61 WI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,108 47.3%
1954 61 WI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,228 62.1%
1956 63 WI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,593 100.0%
1956 63 WI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 74,000 61.2%
1958 65 WI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,526 100.0%
1958 65 WI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 47,858 51.2%


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



Ideology Data for Gardner Withrow


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 44 House D 80
1938 45 House D 82
1949 56 House 45 48 D 83 50
1950 57 House 41 56 D 82 77
1951 58 House 42 55 D 94 67
1952 59 House 50 50 D 97 69
1953 60 House 47 45 R 52 94 55
1954 61 House 53 43 R 66 21 89 75
1955 62 House 84 13 R 51 46 93 10
1956 63 House 81 16 R 88 12 97 43
1957 64 House 59 36 R 70 22 92 33
1958 65 House 43 51 R 66 32 96 55
1959 66 House 36 27 40 17 R 41 15 53 38
1960 67 House 42 0 41 10 R 28 21 41 13


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.