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Earl Hilliard

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 9, 1942 in Birmingham, AL

Education:

  • Morehouse College, B.A., 1964
  • Howard University, J.D., 1967
  • Atlanta University, M.B.A., 1970

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1974-1980
  • AL Senate, 1981-1992


Election Results for Earl Hilliard


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 50 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,005 31.1%
1992 50 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 35,914 50.5%
1992 50 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 144,320 69.5%
1994 52 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 116,150 76.9%
1996 54 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 136,651 71.1%
1998 56 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 136,431 98.0%
2000 58 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,249 50.1%
2000 58 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 148,243 74.6%
2002 60 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,224 45.7%
2002 60 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 2 41,162 44.0%


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



Ideology Data for Earl Hilliard


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
1993 51 House 30 68 90 6 D 75 21 95 90 4
1994 52 House 33 53 81 6 D 69 23 86 79 29
1995 53 House 33 59 86 9 D 77 15 93 84 12
1996 54 House 39 61 93 7 D 80 20 98 85 15
1997 55 House 44 55 83 8 D 67 28 93 89 10
1998 56 House 19 69 90 5 D 84 13 94 100 8
1999 57 House 89 10 D 72 26 98 80 4
2000 58 House 87 8 D 76 24 93 90 13
2001 59 House 86 14 R 21 79 99 85 16
2002 60 House 88 7 R 14 71 91 84 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.