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William Hill

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 20, 1886 in Kelly, KS
Died: August 28, 1972 in Fort Collins, CO

Education:

  • Attended Colorado State College of Agriculture

Career:

  • School superintendent, 1919-1922
  • Mercantile businessman, 1927-1953

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1924-1926


Election Results for William Hill


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 52 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,352 60.7%
1938 52 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 2 60,259 47.6%
1940 54 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,094 61.1%
1940 54 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,859 53.2%
1942 56 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,721 100.0%
1942 56 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 64,984 67.7%
1944 58 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,120 100.0%
1944 58 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,264 62.3%
1946 60 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 11,876 100.0%
1946 60 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 54,768 65.7%
1948 62 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,128 100.0%
1948 62 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 71,868 51.9%
1950 64 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,654 100.0%
1950 64 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,045 57.5%
1952 66 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,970 69.8%
1952 66 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,566 63.1%
1954 68 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,170 100.0%
1954 68 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 80,162 55.3%
1956 70 CO R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,393 100.0%
1956 70 CO R U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,153 53.4%


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



Ideology Data for William 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
1941 55 House 80 9 D 75
1942 56 House 75 15 D 82
1943 57 House 83 10 D 86
1944 58 House 83 17 D 95
1945 59 House 84 12 D 95
1946 60 House 79 3 D 78
1947 61 House 79 13 D 92 10
1948 62 House 78 19 D 89 31
1949 63 House 88 12 D 93 0
1950 64 House 68 21 D 82 7
1951 65 House 87 12 D 96 8
1952 66 House 89 7 D 97 0
1953 67 House 82 16 R 84 94 30
1954 68 House 73 7 R 82 11 82 22
1955 69 House 77 13 R 59 32 92 22
1956 70 House 78 22 R 85 15 100 71
1957 71 House 73 25 R 55 40 97 63
1958 72 House 73 19 R 58 24 88 17


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.