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Augustus Hawkins

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 31, 1907 in Shreveport, LA
Died: November 10, 2007 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • UCLA, 1931
  • University of Southern California, 1932

Career:

  • Real estate businessman

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1935-1962


Election Results for Augustus Hawkins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 54 CA D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 25,483 53.8%
1962 54 CA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 73,465 84.5%
1964 56 CA D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 53,150 100.0%
1964 56 CA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 106,231 90.3%
1966 58 CA D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 55,302 100.0%
1966 58 CA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 74,216 84.8%
1968 60 CA D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 63,008 83.8%
1968 60 CA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 89,536 91.6%
1970 62 CA D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 46,124 89.5%
1970 62 CA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 75,127 94.5%
1972 64 CA D U.S. House District 21 Primary 1 45,449 100.0%
1972 64 CA D U.S. House District 21 General 1 95,050 82.9%
1974 66 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 52,006 86.9%
1974 66 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 47,204 100.0%
1976 68 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 46,715 78.6%
1976 68 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 82,515 85.4%
1978 70 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 58,817 100.0%
1978 70 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 65,214 85.0%
1980 72 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 38,053 100.0%
1980 72 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 80,095 86.1%
1982 74 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 56,615 100.0%
1982 74 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 97,028 79.8%
1984 76 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 65,179 91.4%
1984 76 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 108,777 86.6%
1986 78 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 46,759 93.2%
1986 78 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 78,132 84.5%
1988 80 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 60,656 90.3%
1988 80 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 88,169 82.8%


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



Ideology Data for Augustus Hawkins


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
1963 55 House 0 93 84 0 D 80 3 79 100 0
1964 56 House 0 92 89 0 D 88 0 81 100 0
1965 57 House 2 86 82 2 D 79 5 81 100 0
1966 58 House 3 65 56 0 D 54 4 60 100 5
1967 59 House 2 85 84 1 D 75 10 82 93 0
1968 60 House 0 47 49 1 D 46 4 48 100 0
1969 61 House 2 87 71 7 R 36 47 80 100 8
1970 62 House 7 67 57 10 R 29 18 65 100 21
1971 63 House 7 76 66 11 R 30 53 71 94 27
1972 64 House 0 62 58 3 R 35 32 62 100 0
1973 65 House 5 77 78 6 R 20 63 81 96 4
1974 66 House 2 62 60 3 R 28 34 66 100 6
1975 67 House 5 82 81 5 R 34 61 85 84* 11
1976 68 House 8 68 73 3 R 20 65 75 94 6
1977 69 House 6 69 74 4 D 57 18 79 76 8
1978 70 House 7 74 75 3 D 63 15 84 84 5
1979 71 House 3 84 81 2 D 75 14 84 94 3
1980 72 House 2 79 69 4 D 62 24 80 100 11
1981 73 House 8 80 80 8 R 34 59 89 85 0
1982 74 House 16 73 81 5 R 34 60 84 79 20
1983 75 House 11 72 78 3 R 12 76 81 90 0
1984 76 House 3 64 76 4 R 19 58 76 100 5
1985 77 House 4 65 81 2 R 14 73 82 95 0
1986 78 House 6 80 77 9 R 19 73 89 100 0
1987 79 House 12 81 86 3 R 15 73 88 96 0
1988 80 House 3 84 79 4 R 14 64 84 100 0
1989 81 House 5 71 77 8 R 26 64 87 100 4
1990 82 House 6 57 63 4 R 11 54 67 100 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.