Election results and ideology ratings for Hale Boggs -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 15, 1914 in Long Beach, MS
Died: October 16, 1972 in between Anchorage and Juneau, AK (plane crash)

Election Results for Hale Boggs

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1940	26	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	56,026	100.0%

1942	28	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	2	24,439	48.1%

1946	32	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	34,272	58.1%
1946	32	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	29,457	90.7%

1948	34	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	61,316	100.0%

1950	36	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	39,232	100.0%

1952	38	LA	D	Governor		Primary	3	142,542	18.7%
1952	38	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	68,112	100.0%

1954	40	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	52,222	92.2%
1954	40	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	37,583	100.0%

1956	42	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	63,158	93.9%
1956	42	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	69,715	64.5%

1958	44	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	46,614	91.8%

1960	46	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	81,034	78.0%

1962	48	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	58,403	63.6%
1962	48	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	57,395	67.2%

1964	50	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	77,009	55.0%

1966	52	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	90,149	68.6%

1968	54	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	49,336	75.6%
1968	54	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	81,537	51.2%

1970	56	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	51,812	69.3%

1972	58	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	68,749	83.6%
1972	58	LA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	68,093	100.0%

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

Ideology Data for Hale Boggs

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1941	27	House			96	4	D			98
1942	28	House			70	15	D			86
1947	33	House			79	8	D			75	91
1948	34	House			72	14	D			84	73
1949	35	House			76	14	D			92	92
1950	36	House			74	15	D			76	67
1951	37	House			54	16	D			40	50
1952	38	House			68	27	D			89	54
1953	39	House			76	16	R	64		87	67
1954	40	House			80	13	R	55	34	89	88
1955	41	House			84	16	R	66	29	93	80
1956	42	House			75	19	R	59	35	93	57
1957	43	House			85	10	R	50	43	94	56
1958	44	House			76	11	R	64	22	77	73
1959	45	House	73	27	75	10	R	37	54	87	78
1960	46	House	26	47	67	16	R	49	49	82	78
1961	47	House	22	43	67	5	D	66	8	70	80	18
1962	48	House	12	63	77	4	D	80	2	77	75	14
1963	49	House	27	67	93	2	D	84	6	87	91	25
1964	50	House	25	75	92	3	D	90	8	90	85	13
1965	51	House	10	82	90	3	D	88	3	88	72	19
1966	52	House	16	81	91	4	D	86	10	92	76	8
1967	53	House	15	70	83	0	D	80	2	81	73	14
1968	54	House	27	57	67	11	D	78	8	78	67	0
1969	55	House	42	42	64	22	R	72	21	85	29	33
1970	56	House	36	59	76	17	R	71	28	89	44	28
1971	57	House	37	54	74	18	R	60	26	89	60	26
1972	58	House	18	48	61	11	R	41	22	74	64	14
Lifetime conservative rating:												17%

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.