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Philip Hart

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 10, 1912 in Bryn Mayr, PA
Died: December 26, 1976 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Georgetown University, 1934
  • University of Michigan Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946 (wounded during the D-Day assault on Utah Beach in Normandy)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • MI Corporate Securities commissioner, 1949-1951
  • U.S. Attorney for Eastern Michigan, 1952-1953
  • Advisor to MI Governor, 1953-1954

Elected Office:

  • MI Lt. Governor, 1955-1958


Election Results for Philip Hart


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 45 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 297,767 80.2%
1958 45 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,216,966 53.6%
1964 51 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 492,740 100.0%
1964 51 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,996,912 64.4%
1970 57 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 498,128 100.0%
1970 57 MI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,744,672 66.8%


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



Ideology Data for Philip Hart


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 46 Senate 5 92 90 9 R 38 58 96 100
1960 47 Senate 2 91 74 16 R 50 34 91 100
1961 48 Senate 0 89 83 6 D 77 12 89 100 0
1962 49 Senate 3 88 82 8 D 75 13 86 92 7
1963 50 Senate 7 79 68 12 D 77 3 83 94 0
1964 51 Senate 2 90 81 14 D 73 15 90 100 0
1965 52 Senate 5 84 84 6 D 80 7 89 100 0
1966 53 Senate 3 74 77 5 D 71 7 83 94 0
1967 54 Senate 2 80 80 6 D 70 16 84 100 13
1968 55 Senate 6 76 61 14 D 67 20 88 92 0
1969 56 Senate 1 94 83 11 R 44 42 89 100 20
1970 57 Senate 4 81 75 10 R 42 45 87 95 5
1971 58 Senate 3 86 82 10 R 32 56 89 96 0
1972 59 Senate 6 86 83 8 R 33 65 89 100 0
1973 60 Senate 3 85 85 5 R 24 59 87 95 4
1974 61 Senate 1 94 87 8 R 30 58 93 100 6
1975 62 Senate 7 61 68 7 R 28 44 75 61* 0
1976 63 Senate 6 58 62 4 R 28 32 56 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.