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Clifford Hansen

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 16, 1912 in Zenith, WY
Died: October 20, 2009 in Jackson, WY

Education:

  • University of Wyoming, 1934

Career:

  • University of Wyoming Board of Trustees, 1946-1966
  • Cattle rancher

Elected Office:

  • Teton County commissioner, 1943-1951


Election Results for Clifford Hansen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 49 WY R Governor Primary 1 28,494 57.0%
1962 49 WY R Governor General 1 64,970 54.5%
1966 53 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 40,102 86.1%
1966 53 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 63,548 51.8%
1972 59 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 50,774 100.0%
1972 59 WY R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 101,314 71.3%


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



Ideology Data for Clifford Hansen


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 54 Senate 80 5 80 5 D 52 39 87 9 92
1968 55 Senate 79 7 86 3 D 36 48 83 8 90
1969 56 Senate 94 0 93 3 R 72 19 94 0 79
1970 57 Senate 90 3 86 8 R 77 21 94 0 90
1971 58 Senate 91 3 80 11 R 66 17 89 4 100
1972 59 Senate 90 1 86 4 R 78 4 83 0 83
1973 60 Senate 93 1 92 2 R 78 14 93 0 96
1974 61 Senate 91 2 85 6 R 66 20 90 0* 94
1975 62 Senate 96 0 92 2 R 84 11 94 0 94
1976 63 Senate 98 1 95 3 R 75 9 93 5 82
1977 64 Senate 96 2 91 6 D 44 52 96 5 89
1978 65 Senate 93 3 90 6 D 19 79 96 15 92
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.