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Mark Hatfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 12, 1922 in Dallas, OR
Died: August 7, 2011 in Portland, OR

Education:

  • Williamette University, B.A., 1943
  • Stanford University, M.A., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War II

Career:

  • Political science professor at Willamette University, 1949-1957

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1951-1955
  • OR Senate, 1955-1957
  • OR Secretary of State, 1956-1958


Election Results for Mark Hatfield


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 35 OR R Governor Primary 1 106,687 47.9%
1958 35 OR R Governor General 1 331,900 55.3%
1962 39 OR R Governor Primary 1 174,811 82.2%
1962 39 OR R Governor General 1 345,497 54.2%
1966 43 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 178,782 75.9%
1966 43 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 354,391 51.7%
1972 49 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 171,594 61.2%
1972 49 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 494,671 53.7%
1978 55 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 159,617 65.7%
1978 55 OR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 5 1,016 0.4%
1978 55 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 550,165 61.6%
1984 61 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 214,114 78.5%
1984 61 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 808,152 66.5%
1990 67 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 220,449 78.3%
1990 67 OR R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 590,095 53.7%


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



Ideology Data for Mark Hatfield


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 44 Senate 30 38 40 20 D 47 20 68 58 36
1968 45 Senate 30 50 47 38 D 48 35 82 71 48
1969 46 Senate 35 58 31 58 R 50 44 91 89 33
1970 47 Senate 21 54 27 47 R 46 31 76 80 38
1971 48 Senate 24 63 30 53 R 33 55 80 74 15
1972 49 Senate 33 39 31 41 R 15 41 68 68 64
1973 50 Senate 37 45 34 54 R 45 46 88 89 26
1974 51 Senate 21 56 28 53 R 29 47 81 76* 31
1975 52 Senate 33 61 35 55 R 45 43 89 83 31
1976 53 Senate 45 40 41 46 R 40 40 87 74 26
1977 54 Senate 60 30 51 34 D 66 30 85 63 30
1978 55 Senate 31 51 21 62 D 62 18 83 58 27
1979 56 Senate 38 52 38 47 D 57 27 84 58 26
1980 57 Senate 42 52 42 41 D 45 34 85 59 53
1981 58 Senate 58 39 71 26 R 76 19 94 55 27
1982 59 Senate 45 45 57 27 R 61 29 87 65 32
1983 60 Senate 45 45 56 33 R 64 29 88 58 17
1984 61 Senate 45 51 48 48 R 43 45 88 68 24
1985 62 Senate 32 42 45 49 R 45 40 85 53 24
1986 63 Senate 50 47 54 43 R 42 57 96 75 29
1987 64 Senate 41 56 47 48 R 41 46 90 65 28
1988 65 Senate 30 70 39 51 R 55 38 93 70 30
1989 66 Senate 34 66 39 58 R 69 30 98 80 20
1990 67 Senate 32 59 31 58 R 38 51 88 88 32
1991 68 Senate 48 52 51 49 R 59 40 99 65 24
1992 69 Senate 47 53 43 53 R 53 47 98 74 24
1993 70 Senate 44 54 56 39 D 45 53 95 65 44
1994 71 Senate 34 66 33 65 D 74 23 97 80 29
1995 72 Senate 54 40 73 22 D 35 57 94 15 52
1996 73 Senate 53 39 63 30 D 53 44 88 55 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   31%


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.