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Hamilton Fish, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 3, 1926 in Washington, DC
Died: July 23, 1996 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1949, LL.B., 1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to U.S. Foreign Service in Ireland, 1951-1953
  • Attorney for NY Assembly committee, 1961
  • Dutchess County civil defense director, 1967-1968


Election Results for Hamilton Fish, Jr.


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 40 NY R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 17,036 56.1%
1966 40 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 2 78,258 46.3%
1968 42 NY R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 19,360 56.5%
1968 42 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 1 91,590 48.1%
1970 44 NY R U.S. House District 28 General 1 119,954 70.8%
1972 46 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 144,386 71.6%
1974 48 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 103,799 65.3%
1976 50 NY R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 12,745 90.8%
1976 50 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 139,434 70.5%
1978 52 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 114,641 78.2%
1980 54 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 158,936 81.0%
1982 56 NY R U.S. House District 21 General 1 117,460 75.2%
1984 58 NY R U.S. House District 21 General 1 160,053 78.3%
1986 60 NY R U.S. House District 21 General 1 102,070 76.5%
1988 62 NY R U.S. House District 21 General 1 150,443 74.6%
1990 64 NY R U.S. House District 21 General 1 99,866 71.4%
1992 66 NY R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 9,295 61.9%
1992 66 NY R U.S. House District 19 General 1 139,610 60.1%


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



Ideology Data for Hamilton Fish, Jr.


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
1969 43 House 44 47 51 40 R 62 32 90 33* 27
1970 44 House 34 41 56 26 R 68 17 72 53 44
1971 45 House 48 43 50 35 R 68 23 81 46 47
1972 46 House 49 41 52 42 R 76 14 81 43 20
1973 47 House 34 58 44 50 R 49 41 91 46 41
1974 48 House 44 46 42 45 R 47 45 90 38 42
1975 49 House 52 42 57 38 R 62 37 94 39 57
1976 50 House 61 38 56 40 R 51 43 93 35 53
1977 51 House 58 33 56 34 D 51 37 87 53 73
1978 52 House 55 38 57 37 D 50 41 92 35 54
1979 53 House 46 42 42 46 D 54 33 85 39 49
1980 54 House 43 34 45 39 D 45 37 82 65 44
1981 55 House 40 56 48 46 R 57 38 91 50 45
1982 56 House 49 44 41 51 R 45 44 87 47 43
1983 57 House 55 40 45 47 R 54 37 91 21 41
1984 58 House 53 37 38 51 R 50 43 91 42 24
1985 59 House 44 44 42 45 R 45 46 87 35 32
1986 60 House 56 38 33 60 R 40 56 92 45 32
1987 61 House 72 28 40 56 R 45 54 96 44 35
1988 62 House 58 42 37 59 R 37 59 96 60 32
1989 63 House 63 34 37 57 R 65 33 92 47 41
1990 64 House 56 41 44 47 R 42 51 93 56 32
1991 65 House 57 43 40 53 R 52 43 94 45 35
1992 66 House 65 31 56 40 R 54 43 96 44 45
1993 67 House 91 9 61 37 D 62 37 98 32 61
1994 68 House 50 14 42 32 D 50 33 73 38 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   45%


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.