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Roy Woodruff

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 14, 1876 in Eaton Rapids, MI
Died: February 2, 1953 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Detroit College of Medicine, 1902

Military Service:

  • MI Volunteer Infantry, Spanish-American War
  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Printer's apprentice, 1891-1899
  • Dentist, 1902-1911

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Bay City (MI), 1911-1913


Election Results for Roy Woodruff


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 60 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 41,997 57.6%
1938 62 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,159 76.1%
1938 62 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 44,818 66.3%
1940 64 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,410 62.8%
1940 64 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 52,685 61.9%
1942 66 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 18,918 100.0%
1942 66 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 31,895 60.1%
1944 68 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 15,246 73.9%
1944 68 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 54,066 64.8%
1946 70 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 20,287 74.8%
1946 70 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 44,853 71.2%
1948 72 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 20,207 73.6%
1948 72 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 49,206 63.3%
1950 74 MI R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 21,779 62.2%
1950 74 MI R U.S. House District 10 General 1 47,489 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for Roy Woodruff


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 61 House 93 5 D 94
1938 62 House 90 2 D 87
1939 63 House 91 6 D 84
1940 64 House 83 5 D 80
1941 65 House 91 4 D 94
1942 66 House 80 10 D 92
1943 67 House 81 2 D 76
1944 68 House 80 0 D 86
1945 69 House 88 4 D 86
1946 70 House 95 2 D 94
1947 71 House 92 3 D 81 0
1948 72 House 86 3 D 91 0
1949 73 House 85 5 D 85 8
1950 74 House 73 14 D 81 0
1951 75 House 79 1 D 37 20
1952 76 House 70 5 D 38 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.