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Wayne Hays

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 13, 1911 in Bannock, OH
Died: February 10, 1989 in Wheeling, WV

Education:

  • Ohio State University, 1933

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1933-1942 (active duty, 1941-1942)

Career:

  • School teacher, 1934-1938
  • Director of Citizens National Bank

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Flushing, 1939-1945
  • OH Senate, 1941-1942
  • Belmont County commissioner, 1945-1949
  • OH House, 1978-1980


Election Results for Wayne Hays


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 35 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 2 4,155 28.6%
1948 37 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 8,325 38.4%
1948 37 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 65,475 54.1%
1950 39 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 13,983 81.5%
1950 39 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 58,295 50.8%
1952 41 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 23,950 100.0%
1952 41 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 78,277 55.8%
1954 43 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 15,518 83.8%
1954 43 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 59,165 57.3%
1956 45 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 23,974 100.0%
1956 45 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 78,962 59.6%
1958 47 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 21,265 100.0%
1958 47 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 88,813 71.5%
1960 49 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 35,892 100.0%
1960 49 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 96,474 65.6%
1962 51 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 23,091 100.0%
1962 51 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 66,327 61.0%
1964 53 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,295 100.0%
1964 53 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 94,768 68.8%
1966 55 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,017 100.0%
1966 55 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 73,657 64.1%
1968 57 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 41,548 84.0%
1968 57 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 96,711 60.3%
1970 59 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 35,170 82.5%
1970 59 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 82,071 68.3%
1972 61 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 59,891 85.7%
1972 61 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 128,663 70.2%
1974 63 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 42,769 79.7%
1974 63 OH D U.S. House District 18 General 1 90,447 65.6%
1976 65 OH D U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 47,216 63.6%


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



Ideology Data for Wayne Hays


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
1949 38 House 76 12 D 85 92
1950 39 House 68 25 D 86 80
1951 40 House 78 15 D 87 85
1952 41 House 64 18 D 75 100
1953 42 House 55 34 R 48 83 91
1954 43 House 80 13 R 53 37 86 78
1955 44 House 65 26 R 39 46 83 78
1956 45 House 72 6 R 38 44 77 86
1957 46 House 49 19 R 47 20 63 88
1958 47 House 65 27 R 54 30 85 83
1959 48 House 9 73 73 8 R 35 44 79 100
1960 49 House 5 95 73 22 R 42 49 91 100
1961 50 House 17 65 76 12 D 75 14 87 90 25
1962 51 House 25 50 58 19 D 60 17 69 63 25
1963 52 House 0 93 76 5 D 77 6 81 92 0
1964 53 House 17 75 79 3 D 79 4 78 92 8
1965 54 House 27 65 67 15 D 65 11 76 71 20
1966 55 House 32 54 64 10 D 66 11 78 47 29
1967 56 House 20 48 64 10 D 69 9 75 70 14
1968 57 House 27 49 55 18 D 55 15 72 60 35
1969 58 House 31 47 62 15 R 36 40 77 67 38
1970 59 House 25 43 58 11 R 43 26 67 31 27
1971 60 House 48 38 55 31 R 54 40 83 34 75
1972 61 House 44 41 56 26 R 41 49 80 43 56
1973 62 House 46 39 63 23 R 34 50 82 52 43
1974 63 House 42 41 65 20 R 55 32 82 32 30
1975 64 House 34 46 62 18 R 31 57 82 59 26
1976 65 House 20 29 42 8 R 26 51 50 33 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   30%


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.