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Erland Hedrick

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 9, 1894 in Barn, WV
Died: September 20, 1954 in Beckley, WV

Education:

  • University of Maryland (Baltimore) Medical School, 1917

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Medical Corps, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Physician
  • Veterans' Administration medical examiner, 1919-1944
  • Sanitarium superintendent, 1943-1944


Election Results for Erland Hedrick


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 47 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 10,683 23.8%
1944 49 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 16,320 46.5%
1944 49 WV D U.S. House District 06 General 1 84,369 58.3%
1946 51 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,329 100.0%
1946 51 WV D U.S. House District 06 General 1 57,461 52.9%
1948 53 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 38,055 73.0%
1948 53 WV D U.S. House District 06 General 1 99,842 62.5%
1950 55 WV D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,700 100.0%
1950 55 WV D U.S. House District 06 General 1 85,793 61.6%
1952 57 WV D Governor Primary 2 101,081 29.1%


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



Ideology Data for Erland Hedrick


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
1945 50 House 80 14 D 92
1946 51 House 72 13 D 87
1947 52 House 63 32 D 87 67
1948 53 House 72 19 D 80 67
1949 54 House 82 11 D 81 92
1950 55 House 71 18 D 80 79
1951 56 House 79 15 D 80 77
1952 57 House 57 7 D 46 78


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.