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Porter Hardy

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 1, 1903 in Bon Air, VA
Died: April 19, 1995

Education:

  • Randolph-Macon College, 1922
  • Attended Harvard University Business School, 1923-1924

Career:

  • Accountant/warehouse manager, 1924-1927
  • Electrical equipment dealer, 1927-1932
  • Farmer


Election Results for Porter Hardy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 43 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 19,267 65.7%
1948 45 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 28,071 61.2%
1950 47 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 14,846 99.9%
1952 49 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 28,948 99.9%
1954 51 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 18,190 74.4%
1956 53 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 46,958 76.4%
1958 55 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 32,758 100.0%
1960 57 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 49,750 75.8%
1962 59 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 30,306 75.0%
1964 61 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 54,315 68.7%
1966 63 VA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 33,761 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Porter Hardy


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
1947 44 House 84 11 D 95 75
1948 45 House 78 22 D 100 62
1949 46 House 70 27 D 93 54
1950 47 House 70 27 D 95 33
1951 48 House 72 27 D 97 38
1952 49 House 75 25 D 99 46
1953 50 House 53 34 R 61 86 30
1954 51 House 70 27 R 42 58 99 44
1955 52 House 61 26 R 63 27 87 56
1956 53 House 88 13 R 56 41 99 71
1957 54 House 66 34 R 43 57 100 33
1958 55 House 51 38 R 42 48 88 18
1959 56 House 73 18 71 25 R 46 50 97 44
1960 57 House 95 0 49 49 R 51 47 98 25
1961 58 House 87 9 62 33 D 72 23 93 20 57
1962 59 House 50 44 70 26 D 80 15 94 50 29
1963 60 House 53 47 76 19 D 72 17 90 42 40
1964 61 House 67 33 61 23 D 73 21 88 46 44
1965 62 House 53 14 38 35 D 54 28 77 11 64
1966 63 House 51 27 43 35 D 50 26 79 15 63
1967 64 House 67 15 48 37 D 55 24 78 29 71
1968 65 House 53 14 38 33 D 48 19 67 0 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   52%


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.