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Mel Hancock

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 19, 1929 in Cape Fair, MO
Died: November 6, 2011 in Springfield, MO

Education:

  • Southwest Missouri State College, B.S., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1951-1953
  • U.S. Air Force, Reserve, 1953-1965

Career:

  • Insurance businessman, 1959-1969

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for MO Lt. Governor, 1984


Election Results for Mel Hancock


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 52 MO R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 61,378 20.9%
1984 54 MO R Lt. Governor Primary 1 153,449 46.9%
1984 54 MO R Lt. Governor General 2 965,470 46.2%
1988 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,067 38.8%
1988 58 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 127,939 53.1%
1990 60 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 75,860 85.7%
1990 60 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 83,609 52.1%
1992 62 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 66,667 77.1%
1992 62 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 160,303 61.6%
1994 64 MO R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 60,923 100.0%
1994 64 MO R U.S. House District 07 General 1 112,228 57.3%


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



Ideology Data for Mel Hancock


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
1989 59 House 95 5 98 1 R 78 22 99 0 96
1990 60 House 94 6 98 2 R 80 20 99 11 100
1991 61 House 100 0 95 3 R 79 19 98 5 100
1992 62 House 96 4 98 2 R 81 19 99 10 96
1993 63 House 95 5 97 1 D 23 75 98 5 100
1994 64 House 89 11 97 2 D 29 71 99 11 95
1995 65 House 88 5 95 3 D 19 80 98 0 100
1996 66 House 88 10 94 4 D 37 59 98 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   98%


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.