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Jesse Wolcott

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 3, 1893 in Gardner, MA
Died: January 28, 1969 in Chevy Chase, MD

Education:

  • Detroit College of Law, 1915

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant St. Clair County prosecutor, 1922-1926
  • St. Clair County prosecutor, 1927-1930
  • Chairman of FDIC, 1958-1964


Election Results for Jesse Wolcott


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,141 74.4%
1936 43 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 54,693 59.9%
1938 45 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,872 100.0%
1938 45 MI D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 1,941 25.3%
1938 45 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 62,910 69.0%
1940 47 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,370 72.0%
1940 47 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 73,926 65.2%
1942 49 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,822 100.0%
1942 49 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 46,946 67.3%
1944 51 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,156 100.0%
1944 51 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,455 65.8%
1946 53 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 25,727 100.0%
1946 53 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 64,404 74.2%
1948 55 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,168 65.5%
1948 55 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 68,903 59.0%
1950 57 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,746 68.2%
1950 57 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 66,951 63.0%
1952 59 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 53,422 100.0%
1952 59 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 101,936 60.3%
1954 61 MI R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 28,467 67.2%
1954 61 MI R U.S. House District 07 General 1 71,651 52.8%


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



Ideology Data for Jesse Wolcott


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 92 5 D 86
1938 45 House 93 5 D 97
1939 46 House 90 7 D 91
1940 47 House 89 5 D 86
1941 48 House 85 4 D 86
1942 49 House 80 10 D 83
1943 50 House 83 10 D 84
1944 51 House 90 10 D 94
1945 52 House 74 10 D 78
1946 53 House 80 15 D 92
1947 54 House 92 0 D 89 9
1948 55 House 97 3 D 100 15
1949 56 House 86 5 D 88 8
1950 57 House 75 7 D 80 0
1951 58 House 94 4 D 92 8
1952 59 House 80 5 D 72 0
1953 60 House 76 13 R 75 83 10
1954 61 House 73 10 R 71 8 79 25
1955 62 House 74 6 R 68 12 82 14
1956 63 House 75 9 R 65 12 82 14


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.