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Lister Hill

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 29, 1894 in Montgomery, AL
Died: December 20, 1984 in Montgomery, AL

Education:

  • University of Alabama, 1914, Law School, 1915

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Montgomery Board of Education, 1917-1922
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on January 11, 1938 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Dixie Graves


Election Results for Lister Hill


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 41 AL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,594 100.0%
1936 41 AL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 32,452 99.1%
1938 43 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 49,429 100.0%
1938 43 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 113,413 86.4%
1944 49 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 202,604 81.8%
1950 55 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 228,524 67.0%
1950 55 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 125,534 76.5%
1956 61 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 247,519 68.2%
1956 61 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 330,182 100.0%
1962 67 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 363,613 73.7%
1962 67 AL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 201,937 50.9%


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



Ideology Data for Lister Hill


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
1937 42 House 61 8 D 67
1938 43 House 2 0 D 2
1945 50 Senate 95 3 D 92
1946 51 Senate 82 5 D 85
1947 52 Senate 95 1 D 95 100
1948 53 Senate 85 11 D 95 100
1949 54 Senate 94 4 D 98 77
1950 55 Senate 94 5 D 95 81
1951 56 Senate 93 5 D 96 100
1952 57 Senate 96 1 D 94 92
1953 58 Senate 81 10 R 45 89 85
1954 59 Senate 94 1 R 32 61 91 85
1955 60 Senate 88 8 R 63 33 97 70
1956 61 Senate 94 3 R 35 62 98 77
1957 62 Senate 87 11 R 61 35 98 58
1958 63 Senate 90 8 R 44 53 96 67
1959 64 Senate 37 57 79 15 R 39 53 93 54
1960 65 Senate 61 33 62 17 R 36 49 77 20
1961 66 Senate 43 55 90 9 D 78 21 99 80 29
1962 67 Senate 56 21 67 11 D 59 21 78 18 56
1963 68 Senate 67 28 72 19 D 66 23 91 44 53
1964 69 Senate 63 18 49 24 D 60 23 84 13 43
1965 70 Senate 87 11 51 45 D 64 33 96 12 73
1966 71 Senate 54 6 42 32 D 42 29 74 11 43
1967 72 Senate 82 14 59 37 D 62 29 90 15 80
1968 73 Senate 79 17 57 34 D 46 48 91 8 48
Lifetime conservative rating:   53%


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.