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L.H. Fountain

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 23, 1913 in Leggett, NC
Died: October 10, 2002 in Raleigh, NC

Education:

  • University of North Carolina, A.B., 1934, J.D., 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • NC Senate clerk, 1936-1941

Elected Office:

  • NC Senate, 1947-1952


Election Results for L.H. Fountain


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 39 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,034 66.5%
1952 39 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 51,213 94.8%
1954 41 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 38,451 91.3%
1954 41 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 14,471 100.0%
1956 43 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 49,812 100.0%
1958 45 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 17,064 100.0%
1960 47 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 51,156 87.8%
1962 49 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 21,050 100.0%
1964 51 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 62,406 100.0%
1966 53 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 36,849 64.9%
1968 55 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 53,959 69.7%
1968 55 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 92,542 100.0%
1970 57 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 38,891 100.0%
1972 59 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 60,289 58.8%
1972 59 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,798 71.6%
1974 61 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 52,786 100.0%
1976 63 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 38,530 51.1%
1976 63 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,368 99.8%
1978 65 NC D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,282 74.8%
1978 65 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 61,851 78.2%
1980 67 NC D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,297 73.4%


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



Ideology Data for L.H. Fountain


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
1953 40 House 68 32 R 41 100 36
1954 41 House 83 10 R 45 42 92 38
1955 42 House 74 26 R 59 39 96 60
1956 43 House 84 13 R 44 44 90 29
1957 44 House 71 29 R 43 57 100 33
1958 45 House 65 35 R 50 44 96 17
1959 46 House 91 9 77 23 R 35 61 95 33
1960 47 House 84 11 53 43 R 33 67 94 22
1961 48 House 91 9 62 38 D 77 23 99 30 60
1962 49 House 88 12 58 42 D 67 30 95 50 53
1963 50 House 93 0 50 45 D 56 42 97 25 75
1964 51 House 100 0 47 50 D 63 35 97 31 63
1965 52 House 98 2 27 72 D 45 55 99 0 94
1966 53 House 95 3 20 74 D 40 52 93 6 81
1967 54 House 56 0 18 48 D 28 34 63 0 100
1968 55 House 88 4 32 62 D 51 43 91 0 91
1969 56 House 91 4 25 69 R 47 53 96 7 93
1970 57 House 98 0 38 60 R 62 38 96 6 83
1971 58 House 90 4 25 67 R 82 16 94 5 100
1972 59 House 90 4 21 73 R 68 30 88 6 70
1973 60 House 83 16 40 58 R 47 50 95 20 48
1974 61 House 89 8 34 65 R 55 43 97 13 43
1975 62 House 84 9 36 57 R 42 51 94 11 72
1976 63 House 80 9 33 55 R 45 31 88 0 68
1977 64 House 88 8 38 59 D 53 47 94 15 61
1978 65 House 88 5 29 62 D 41 54 90 15 71
1979 66 House 92 6 36 61 D 42 56 96 5 72
1980 67 House 89 9 41 50 D 57 41 93 17 63
1981 68 House 84 13 46 52 R 61 38 94 26 64
1982 69 House 85 10 33 57 R 56 35 84 11 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.