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J.P. Hammerschmidt

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 4, 1922 in Harrison, AR
Died: April 1, 2015 in Springdale, AR

Education:

  • Attended The Citadel, Oklahoma A&M University, and University of Arkansas

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1945-1960
  • District of Columbia Army Reserve, 1977-1981

Career:

  • President of Hammerschmidt Lumber Co. and Construction Products Co.
  • Member of RNC, 1976-1980



Election Results for J.P. Hammerschmidt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 44 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 83,938 53.1%
1968 46 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,771 67.1%
1970 48 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,532 66.7%
1972 50 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 144,571 77.3%
1974 52 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,324 51.8%
1976 54 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1978 56 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 130,086 78.4%
1980 58 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1982 60 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 133,909 66.0%
1984 62 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 64 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 145,127 79.8%
1988 66 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 161,623 74.7%
1990 68 AR R U.S. House District 03 General 1 129,876 70.5%


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




Ideology Data for J.P. Hammerschmidt


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
1967 45 House 93 7 84 15 D 49 50 97 0 79
1968 46 House 90 4 84 12 D 50 43 94 0 87
1969 47 House 96 2 85 11 R 66 30 96 0 79
1970 48 House 86 9 72 24 R 71 28 96 11 89
1971 49 House 84 8 71 24 R 77 19 93 15 85
1972 50 House 91 7 79 19 R 68 30 99 6 67
1973 51 House 85 7 74 19 R 62 32 93 5 60
1974 52 House 84 7 72 20 R 70 26 90 10 84
1975 53 House 89 6 78 19 R 63 37 96 5* 86
1976 54 House 91 7 81 18 R 65 33 97 0 91
1977 55 House 89 5 77 17 D 38 58 93 5 94
1978 56 House 93 4 83 14 D 25 71 96 15 83
1979 57 House 88 6 83 13 D 26 71 94 16 95
1980 58 House 91 5 77 20 D 33 57 95 6 89
1981 59 House 96 4 80 20 R 79 21 99 5 100
1982 60 House 99 1 79 20 R 65 32 98 5 73
1983 61 House 88 7 75 21 R 66 32 96 0 91
1984 62 House 92 3 67 22 R 58 32 90 16 90
1985 63 House 95 4 71 27 R 64 34 98 25 79
1986 64 House 90 10 69 29 R 69 31 98 5 82
1987 65 House 86 7 65 30 R 57 39 97 12 68
1988 66 House 97 3 72 25 R 64 32 95 10 96
1989 67 House 98 2 73 24 R 81 15 96 5 85
1990 68 House 93 2 72 21 R 59 36 95 6 82
1991 69 House 89 3 70 22 R 71 19 93 0 89
1992 70 House 92 4 73 22 R 80 15 96 5 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.