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Lee Hamilton

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 20, 1931 in Daytona Beach, FL

Education:

  • DePauw University, B.A., 1952
  • Indiana University, J.D., 1956

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Lee Hamilton


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 33 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 16,019 46.2%
1964 33 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 74,939 54.4%
1966 35 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 89,392 53.8%
1968 37 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 102,707 54.4%
1970 39 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 104,599 62.5%
1972 41 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 122,698 62.9%
1974 43 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 117,648 71.1%
1976 45 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 136,056 100.0%
1978 47 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 56,639 100.0%
1978 47 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 99,727 65.6%
1980 49 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 62,160 90.0%
1980 49 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 136,574 64.4%
1982 51 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 66,312 100.0%
1982 51 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 121,094 67.1%
1984 53 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 73,021 90.7%
1984 53 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 137,018 65.1%
1986 55 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 69,591 91.9%
1986 55 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 120,586 71.9%
1988 57 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 68,577 100.0%
1988 57 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 147,193 70.7%
1990 59 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 67,056 91.9%
1990 59 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 107,526 69.0%
1992 61 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 65,145 100.0%
1992 61 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 160,980 69.7%
1994 63 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 67,007 82.3%
1994 63 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 91,459 52.0%
1996 65 IN D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 52,737 86.2%
1996 65 IN D U.S. House District 09 General 1 128,123 56.5%


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



Ideology Data for Lee Hamilton


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
1965 34 House 24 75 82 13 D 84 11 96 58 47
1966 35 House 32 51 75 15 D 82 10 93 50 33
1967 36 House 44 52 79 19 D 85 12 97 53 31
1968 37 House 27 65 77 18 D 82 15 96 58 22
1969 38 House 22 78 85 15 R 68 32 98 53 20
1970 39 House 23 73 74 21 R 68 23 95 82 12
1971 40 House 17 78 85 12 R 42 54 97 94 6
1972 41 House 35 63 71 28 R 68 30 97 50 10
1973 42 House 30 70 82 18 R 41 58 99 80 22
1974 43 House 39 55 65 32 R 70 26 98 65* 20
1975 44 House 45 54 69 29 R 51 48 97 68 31
1976 45 House 43 55 72 27 R 33 67 98 53 23
1977 46 House 32 65 80 18 D 72 23 97 63 16
1978 47 House 33 67 74 26 D 86 14 99 35 17
1979 48 House 44 56 71 29 D 76 23 98 53 23
1980 49 House 48 47 67 31 D 74 25 99 44 11
1981 50 House 56 44 71 27 R 47 51 99 65 17
1982 51 House 58 42 66 33 R 47 52 98 70 14
1983 52 House 42 58 82 17 R 35 65 99 75 18
1984 53 House 54 46 71 29 R 49 51 99 55 43
1985 54 House 42 56 82 18 R 38 63 99 60 32
1986 55 House 48 52 83 17 R 33 67 99 55 23
1987 56 House 51 49 84 16 R 26 74 100 72 9
1988 57 House 47 50 88 12 R 25 74 99 89 8
1989 58 House 54 46 77 23 R 42 58 99 60 21
1990 59 House 43 57 78 22 R 27 73 99 67 13
1991 60 House 57 43 80 20 R 43 57 99 65 15
1992 61 House 73 25 79 20 R 33 66 99 80 29
1993 62 House 68 32 83 17 D 85 15 100 45 29
1994 63 House 69 31 78 22 D 82 18 99 58 38
1995 64 House 71 28 67 33 D 69 31 99 70 12
1996 65 House 88 12 56 44 D 63 37 100 45 45
1997 66 House 76 22 70 30 D 71 29 99 65 28
1998 67 House 64 31 70 27 D 77 22 97 55 16
Lifetime conservative rating:   22%


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.