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Elwood Hillis

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 6, 1926 in Kokomo, IN
Died: January 4, 2023 in Windsor, CO

Education:

  • Indiana University, B.S., 1949, J.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1946-1954

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1967-1971


Election Results for Elwood Hillis


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 44 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,199 56.0%
1972 46 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,270 86.4%
1972 46 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 124,692 64.1%
1974 48 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 95,331 56.6%
1976 50 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 127,194 61.7%
1978 52 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,875 100.0%
1978 52 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 94,950 67.6%
1980 54 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 55,392 100.0%
1980 54 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 129,474 61.7%
1982 56 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,232 100.0%
1982 56 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 105,469 61.1%
1984 58 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,041 100.0%
1984 58 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 143,560 67.9%


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



Ideology Data for Elwood Hillis


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
1971 45 House 71 17 68 20 R 91 5 82 12 65
1972 46 House 57 26 51 28 R 65 14 84 21 50
1973 47 House 67 26 28 35 R 61 32 90 18 65
1974 48 House 67 23 61 29 R 62 28 89 26* 67
1975 49 House 66 24 65 28 R 63 29 92 29 53
1976 50 House 72 16 60 29 R 57 29 88 26 64
1977 51 House 77 13 65 23 D 51 42 86 26 67
1978 52 House 75 15 71 20 D 33 52 90 10 67
1979 53 House 79 10 69 22 D 39 51 88 6 68
1980 54 House 69 17 65 23 D 41 43 88 24 82
1981 55 House 89 5 72 18 R 68 24 87 12 92
1982 56 House 81 11 71 22 R 65 30 91 10 71
1983 57 House 79 18 72 21 R 80 17 92 21 81
1984 58 House 86 3 69 18 R 63 30 90 5 67
1985 59 House 84 2 61 20 R 65 25 80 0 82
1986 60 House 48 16 38 27 R 44 29 68 15 69
Lifetime conservative rating:   68%


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.