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Clare Hoffman

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 10, 1875 in Vicksburg, PA
Died: November 3, 1967 in Allegan, MI

Education:

  • Northwestern University Law School, 1895

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Allegan County prosecutor, 1904-1910


Election Results for Clare Hoffman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 60 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,663 57.0%
1936 60 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 49,641 50.5%
1938 62 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 25,725 81.9%
1938 62 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 49,279 59.2%
1940 64 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 28,865 100.0%
1940 64 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 65,666 61.8%
1942 66 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 19,789 72.8%
1942 66 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 42,653 68.6%
1944 68 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 15,003 100.0%
1944 68 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 68,233 64.1%
1946 70 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 19,774 71.5%
1946 70 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 58,798 72.4%
1948 72 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,427 72.8%
1948 72 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 61,059 64.9%
1950 74 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 23,353 76.7%
1950 74 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 58,625 68.6%
1952 76 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 29,917 69.9%
1952 76 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 87,703 66.6%
1954 78 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,024 100.0%
1954 78 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 65,025 63.4%
1956 80 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 23,288 100.0%
1956 80 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,876 62.0%
1958 82 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 16,069 66.4%
1958 82 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 59,780 59.8%
1960 84 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 24,519 100.0%
1960 84 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 90,831 62.3%


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



Ideology Data for Clare Hoffman


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 61 House 86 0 D 70
1938 62 House 83 5 D 74
1939 63 House 87 1 D 82
1940 64 House 96 1 D 89
1941 65 House 89 4 D 79
1942 66 House 85 0 D 79
1943 67 House 83 4 D 81
1944 68 House 90 3 D 92
1945 69 House 86 2 D 75
1946 70 House 82 3 D 72
1947 71 House 74 13 D 92 0
1948 72 House 81 6 D 85 8
1949 73 House 91 5 D 87 8
1950 74 House 93 5 D 92 0
1951 75 House 96 0 D 91 0
1952 76 House 93 2 D 85 0
1953 77 House 74 21 R 35 83 0
1954 78 House 63 23 R 61 29 89 22
1955 79 House 84 3 R 39 51 84 0
1956 80 House 50 16 R 47 32 74 0
1957 81 House 78 7 R 30 52 81 0
1958 82 House 73 5 R 34 50 81 0
1959 83 House 82 0 65 0 R 48 28 72 0
1960 84 House 95 5 82 12 R 44 47 91 0
1961 85 House 91 0 84 5 D 11 78 84 0 100
1962 86 House 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   100%


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.