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Following the resignation of incumbent congressman Robert F. Jones, McCulloch ran in the 1947 special election and defeated [[Democrat]] opponent Joseph B. Quatman by eleven percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=443561 OH District 04 - Special Election Race - Nov 04, 1947]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He won re-election to a full term in 1948 by a similar margin,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=445897 OH - District 04 Race - No 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> Most of his following re-election bids faced no serious challenges, though the coattails of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964 amidst the [[United States presidential election, 1964|concurrent presidential race]] that aided his opponent reduced his margin of victory significantly that year.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=33733 Candidate - William M. McCulloch]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref>

Following the resignation of incumbent congressman Robert F. Jones, McCulloch ran in the 1947 special election and defeated [[Democrat]] opponent Joseph B. Quatman by eleven percentage points.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=443561 OH District 04 - Special Election Race - Nov 04, 1947]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> He won re-election to a full term in 1948 by a similar margin,<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=445897 OH - District 04 Race - No 02, 1948]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> Most of his following re-election bids faced no serious challenges, though the coattails of [[Lyndon B. Johnson]] in 1964 amidst the [[United States presidential election, 1964|concurrent presidential race]] that aided his opponent reduced his margin of victory significantly that year.<ref>[https://www.ourcampaigns.com/CandidateDetail.html?CandidateID=33733 Candidate - William M. McCulloch]. ''Our Campaigns''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref>

Mostly a staunch [[conservative]] similar to Ohio senator [[Robert A. Taft]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> McCulloch supported [[school prayer]], [[gun rights]], and opposed foreign aid.<ref name=nytimes/> He was largely a restrictionist on [[immigration]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> though voted for the [[Hart-Celler Act]]. During the 1960s, his conservatism began to [[moderate]]; although he scored 100% from the [[American Conservative Union]] in 1961, it waned to only 61% by 1968.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> However, he was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the liberal [[Equal Rights Amendment]], which ultimately was defeated by a grassroots coalition under the leadership of activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]].

Mostly a staunch [[conservative]] similar to Ohio senator [[Robert A. Taft]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> McCulloch supported [[school prayer]], [[gun rights]], and opposed foreign aid.<ref name=nytimes/> He was largely a restrictionist on [[immigration]],<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> though voted for the [[Hart-Celler Act]]. During the 1960s, his conservatism began to [[moderate]]; although he scored 100% from the [[American Conservative Union]] in 1961, it waned to only 61% by 1968.<ref name=fascinatingpolitics/> However, he was one of the few members of Congress to vote against the liberal [[Equal Rights Amendment]],<ref>[https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/92-1971/h197 TO PASS H.J. RES. 208.]. ''GovTrack.us''. Retrieved July 24, 2021.</ref> which ultimately was defeated by a grassroots coalition under the leadership of activist [[Phyllis Schlafly]].

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