RightDataUSA


Louis Wyman

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 16, 1917 in Manchester, NH
Died: May 5, 2002 in West Palm Beach, FL (cancer)

Education:

  • University of New Hampshire, 1938
  • Harvard University Law School, 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Secretary to Sen. Styles Bridges, 1947
  • Associate NH Supreme Court justice, 1978-1987

Elected Office:

  • NH Attorney General, 1953-1961
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 31, 1974 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Norris Cotton


Election Results for Louis Wyman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 45 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,118 43.6%
1962 45 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 65,651 53.1%
1964 47 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,534 87.2%
1964 47 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 2 74,939 48.6%
1966 49 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,931 84.3%
1966 49 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,869 56.2%
1968 51 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 42,142 100.0%
1968 51 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,269 63.4%
1970 53 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,278 100.0%
1970 53 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,170 67.4%
1972 55 NH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,403 99.8%
1972 55 NH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 115,732 72.9%
1974 57 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 66,749 83.0%
1974 57 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 110,716 49.8%
1975 58 NH R U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 2 113,007 43.0%


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



Ideology Data for Louis Wyman


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
1963 46 House 67 7 69 5 D 28 52 81 0 91
1964 47 House 83 0 74 18 D 38 58 90 0 93
1967 50 House 85 15 83 17 D 54 44 96 13 79
1968 51 House 76 24 78 21 D 54 43 97 0 78
1969 52 House 93 7 78 18 R 60 36 95 13 67
1970 53 House 84 9 71 24 R 68 28 94 6 71
1971 54 House 89 5 79 14 R 84 12 90 12 100
1972 55 House 85 13 83 15 R 76 22 97 0 78
1973 56 House 80 17 74 21 R 66 29 93 4 88
1974 57 House 66 11 61 15 R 74 15 76 13* 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.