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Sydney Herlong

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 14, 1909 in Manistee, AL
Died: December 27, 1995 in Leesburg, FL

Education:

  • University of Florida, 1930

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve (active duty in Judge Advocate General Department, 1941-1942)
  • FL State Guard

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Lake County judge, 1937-1949
  • Leesburg city attorney, 1946-1948
  • President of Florida State Baseball League, 1947-1948
  • Securities and Exchange Commission, 1969-1973


Election Results for Sydney Herlong


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 39 FL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,368 71.4%
1948 39 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 46,939 70.6%
1950 41 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 32,475 76.5%
1952 43 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 89,943 100.0%
1954 45 FL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 64,641 85.6%
1954 45 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 35,971 100.0%
1956 47 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 73,498 51.4%
1958 49 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 63,245 67.0%
1960 51 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,938 100.0%
1962 53 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 54,383 65.2%
1964 55 FL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,851 100.0%
1966 57 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 70,155 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Sydney Herlong


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 40 House 47 36 D 84 38
1950 41 House 55 34 D 88 20
1951 42 House 51 48 D 83 15
1952 43 House 36 45 D 71 9
1953 44 House 61 32 R 55 90 36
1954 45 House 53 40 R 50 32 87 44
1955 46 House 52 32 R 51 29 83 30
1956 47 House 56 31 R 44 44 89 14
1957 48 House 54 42 R 28 67 95 0
1958 49 House 30 65 R 48 42 92 25
1959 50 House 100 0 54 42 R 52 37 91 22
1960 51 House 47 0 37 41 R 51 42 84 22
1961 52 House 87 4 36 50 D 46 38 85 10 77
1962 53 House 69 19 53 42 D 62 32 91 38 53
1963 54 House 73 7 43 43 D 52 37 87 9 87
1964 55 House 92 0 39 44 D 48 35 75 17 62
1965 56 House 88 6 22 62 D 41 44 86 0 88
1966 57 House 73 3 29 45 D 38 35 75 0 73
1967 58 House 50 2 18 30 D 28 20 47 8 100
1968 59 House 96 0 13 34 D 26 20 43 0 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.