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Robert Hale

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 29, 1889 in Portland, ME
Died: November 30, 1976 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Bowdoin College, 1910
  • Oxford University, 1912
  • Attended Harvard University Law School, 1913-1914

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • ME House, 1923-1930 (Speaker, 1929-1930)


Election Results for Robert Hale


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 50 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 12,345 33.1%
1942 52 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,495 65.0%
1942 52 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 38,128 57.0%
1944 54 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,707 81.5%
1944 54 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 47,721 68.8%
1946 56 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 17,163 100.0%
1946 56 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 38,975 59.6%
1948 58 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,685 76.6%
1948 58 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 52,536 62.5%
1950 60 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,684 80.7%
1950 60 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 48,869 54.0%
1952 62 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 39,359 100.0%
1952 62 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 56,239 61.6%
1954 64 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,850 78.5%
1954 64 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 47,327 52.1%
1956 66 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 17,878 52.5%
1956 66 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 1 58,028 50.0%
1958 68 ME R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,914 40.1%
1958 68 ME R U.S. House District 01 General 2 51,231 47.9%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Hale


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
1943 53 House 69 23 D 84
1944 54 House 73 17 D 78
1945 55 House 58 30 D 87
1946 56 House 72 21 D 80
1947 57 House 79 21 D 99 33
1948 58 House 89 11 D 97 15
1949 59 House 73 15 D 73 8
1950 60 House 79 16 D 91 21
1951 61 House 72 27 D 94 23
1952 62 House 57 34 D 90 42
1953 63 House 61 21 R 92 92 44
1954 64 House 87 13 R 66 18 99 0
1955 65 House 77 23 R 78 17 95 50
1956 66 House 69 19 R 71 18 85 57
1957 67 House 63 36 R 65 33 97 89
1958 68 House 35 38 R 60 14 75 44


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.