RightDataUSA


Harlan Hagen

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 8, 1914 in Lawton, ND
Died: November 25, 1990 in Hanford, CA

Education:

  • Long Beach Junior College, 1933
  • University of California, A.B., 1936, LL.B., 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Hanford city council, 1948
  • CA Assembly, 1949-1952


Election Results for Harlan Hagen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 2 13,283 34.0%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 29,238 49.7%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 70,809 51.0%
1954 39 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 2 15,792 44.7%
1954 39 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 51,082 88.8%
1954 39 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 75,194 65.1%
1956 41 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 2 15,058 39.3%
1956 41 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 56,938 88.4%
1956 41 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 94,461 63.0%
1958 43 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 65,485 100.0%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 21,398 53.6%
1958 43 CA D,R U.S. House District 14 General 1 120,347 99.9%
1960 45 CA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 63,650 100.0%
1960 45 CA R (write-in) U.S. House District 14 Primary 2 791 2.3%
1960 45 CA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 97,026 56.5%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 58,181 100.0%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 91,684 58.9%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 64,432 84.8%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 1 121,304 66.7%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 62,792 100.0%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 2 76,346 44.1%
1968 53 CA D U.S. House District 18 General 2 51,373 33.4%


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



Ideology Data for Harlan Hagen


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 38 House 63 32 R 70 96 73
1954 39 House 80 17 R 63 34 99 88
1955 40 House 87 13 R 71 27 97 100
1956 41 House 81 19 R 62 35 97 100
1957 42 House 83 15 R 72 28 99 78
1958 43 House 78 22 R 78 20 98 92
1959 44 House 18 73 83 10 R 44 44 92 75
1960 45 House 11 89 76 24 R 67 33 100 78
1961 46 House 17 83 93 7 D 89 8 97 90 13
1962 47 House 6 94 91 9 D 87 12 98 88 13
1963 48 House 33 60 88 9 D 90 7 94 67 19
1964 49 House 25 67 90 6 D 96 2 95 92 13
1965 50 House 22 75 84 11 D 84 8 93 67 29
1966 51 House 27 68 80 11 D 78 15 89 56 27
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.