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Vance Hartke

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 31, 1919 in Stendal, IN
Died: July 27, 2003 in Falls Church, VA

Education:

  • Evansville College, 1940
  • Indiana University Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy Vandenburgh County prosecutor, 1950-1951

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Evansville (IN), 1956-1958


Election Results for Vance Hartke


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 39 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 973,636 56.5%
1964 45 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,128,505 54.3%
1970 51 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 870,990 50.1%
1976 57 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 304,076 53.1%
1976 57 IN D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 878,522 40.5%


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



Ideology Data for Vance Hartke


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
1959 40 Senate 30 50 71 11 R 31 53 83 62
1960 41 Senate 4 76 83 4 R 42 45 87 92
1961 42 Senate 9 69 79 5 D 72 13 82 90 14
1962 43 Senate 24 59 77 11 D 77 11 84 82 25
1963 44 Senate 9 77 69 8 D 66 4 73 82 6
1964 45 Senate 16 69 69 7 D 60 14 76 69 0
1965 46 Senate 13 70 69 10 D 64 12 82 73 36
1966 47 Senate 14 54 58 16 D 58 29 80 79 27
1967 48 Senate 25 46 61 18 D 50 27 75 60 17
1968 49 Senate 16 66 70 11 D 46 24 72 78 41
1969 50 Senate 13 75 81 9 R 39 49 84 100 7
1970 51 Senate 4 60 59 10 R 31 35 61 86 7
1971 52 Senate 5 61 55 6 R 20 39 58 96 0
1972 53 Senate 11 68 65 6 R 22 46 69 93 18
1973 54 Senate 13 75 77 10 R 27 60 86 76 17
1974 55 Senate 18 59 60 16 R 27 53 74 80 13
1975 56 Senate 12 73 76 8 R 37 47 83 72* 12
1976 57 Senate 8 46 44 4 R 26 38 44 73 15
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.