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David Henderson

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 16, 1921 in Hubert, NC
Died: January 13, 2004 in Wilmington, NC

Education:

  • Davidson College, 1942
  • University of North Carolina Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to U.S. House Committee on Education and Labor, 1951-1952
  • Duplin County solicitor, 1954-1958
  • Duplin County judge, 1958-1960


Election Results for David Henderson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 39 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 14,768 31.3%
1960 39 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 1 26,574 54.7%
1960 39 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 51,193 71.2%
1962 41 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 42,928 84.8%
1962 41 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 34,056 100.0%
1964 43 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 51,474 86.1%
1964 43 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 63,235 67.4%
1966 45 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,621 65.8%
1966 45 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 33,809 100.0%
1968 47 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,987 76.4%
1968 47 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 57,244 54.0%
1970 49 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 41,065 60.1%
1972 51 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,616 79.4%
1972 51 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,968 100.0%
1974 53 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 50,931 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for David Henderson


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
1961 40 House 78 17 59 33 D 71 26 93 30 60
1962 41 House 88 12 60 32 D 65 30 89 43 50
1963 42 House 67 7 46 29 D 54 31 79 50 71
1964 43 House 100 0 55 40 D 65 33 94 31 63
1965 44 House 90 6 34 61 D 47 46 93 0 82
1966 45 House 81 3 21 69 D 38 53 89 6 81
1967 46 House 93 6 36 62 D 50 46 95 0 100
1968 47 House 86 6 27 56 D 47 45 81 8 78
1969 48 House 89 2 29 60 R 40 57 89 7 87
1970 49 House 89 5 44 47 R 58 28 85 11 78
1971 50 House 93 5 26 67 R 75 23 95 11 95
1972 51 House 84 11 34 62 R 54 41 92 13 60
1973 52 House 81 15 48 47 R 43 54 96 26 38
1974 53 House 85 10 41 54 R 51 45 94 13 62
1975 54 House 79 17 43 51 R 39 49 92 16 67
1976 55 House 71 8 34 49 R 51 33 75 11 61
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.