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William Hathaway

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1924 in Cambridge, MA
Died: June 24, 2013 in McLean, VA

Education:

  • Harvard College, 1949, Law School, 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946 (was shot down over Romania and held a prisoner of war for two months)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Androscoggin County attorney, 1955-1957
  • ME State Liquor Commission, 1957-1961


Election Results for William Hathaway


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 38 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 2 69,159 48.9%
1964 40 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 110,931 62.0%
1966 42 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,956 56.8%
1968 44 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,369 55.7%
1970 46 ME D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,708 89.0%
1970 46 ME D U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,235 64.2%
1972 48 ME D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 61,921 90.8%
1972 48 ME D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 224,270 53.2%
1978 54 ME D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 127,327 33.9%


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



Ideology Data for William Hathaway


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
1965 41 House 10 88 95 3 D 94 4 99 74 12
1966 42 House 8 92 99 0 D 94 5 98 94 4
1967 43 House 7 91 91 3 D 89 6 95 80 0
1968 44 House 0 100 99 0 D 83 8 92 92 0
1969 45 House 2 96 93 4 R 60 36 96 100 7
1970 46 House 2 95 93 3 R 66 31 95 94 6
1971 47 House 7 91 93 4 R 32 65 93 94 0
1972 48 House 10 84 82 11 R 49 41 91 93 0
1973 49 Senate 6 93 91 7 R 30 68 97 95 0
1974 50 Senate 12 80 80 12 R 37 57 91 95 6
1975 51 Senate 7 90 91 5 R 43 55 96 94* 11
1976 52 Senate 12 85 89 4 R 38 58 95 85 6
1977 53 Senate 11 82 80 11 D 72 19 92 85 6
1978 54 Senate 2 75 78 4 D 69 7 71 73 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.