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Julia Butler Hansen

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 14, 1907 in Portland, OR
Died: May 3, 1988 in Cathlamet, WA

Education:

  • University of Washington, 1930

Career:

  • Western Interstate Committee on Highway Policies, 1951-1961
  • Manager of insurance company, 1958-1961
  • WA State Transportation Commission, 1979-1981

Elected Office:

  • Cathlamet city council, 1938-1946
  • WA House, 1939-1960


Election Results for Julia Butler Hansen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 53 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 23,732 24.1%
1960 53 WA D U.S. House District 03 Special Open Primary 1 22,523 24.2%
1960 53 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 76,930 53.4%
1960 53 WA D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 71,416 53.1%
1962 55 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 39,228 59.5%
1962 55 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 69,045 65.3%
1964 57 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 57,472 65.3%
1964 57 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 102,080 70.2%
1966 59 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 48,537 66.2%
1966 59 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 78,601 65.7%
1968 61 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 45,202 48.1%
1968 61 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,777 57.5%
1970 63 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 54,359 57.4%
1970 63 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 81,892 59.1%
1972 65 WA D U.S. House District 03 Open Primary 1 65,726 49.8%
1972 65 WA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,933 66.3%


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



Ideology Data for Julia Butler 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
1961 54 House 4 87 88 2 D 86 8 90 100 0
1962 55 House 6 69 77 2 D 73 2 74 100 0
1963 56 House 0 87 81 0 D 82 1 78 91 0
1964 57 House 25 75 84 10 D 83 4 88 92 13
1965 58 House 12 76 83 5 D 86 5 88 72 13
1966 59 House 8 70 70 1 D 66 5 69 82 9
1967 60 House 4 78 81 1 D 73 5 75 79 0
1968 61 House 14 73 74 5 D 68 10 76 73 5
1969 62 House 13 64 69 5 R 49 40 78 77 31
1970 63 House 11 48 57 14 R 51 22 68 81 33
1971 64 House 36 45 64 19 R 58 30 76 55 22
1972 65 House 20 41 55 11 R 32 19 63 67 0
1973 66 House 19 61 73 8 R 26 54 76 68 16
1974 67 House 17 29 43 6 R 36 25 49 60 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.