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Lawrence Hogan

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 30, 1928 in Boston, MA
Died: April 20, 2017 in Annapolis, MD

Education:

  • Georgetown University, B.A., 1949, J.D., 1954
  • American University, M.A., 1965

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • FBI agent, 1948-1958
  • Instructor at University of Maryland, 1960-1968

Elected Office:

  • Prince George's County executive, 1979-1983


Election Results for Lawrence Hogan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 37 MD R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 5,841 49.6%
1966 37 MD R U.S. House District 05 General 2 47,703 46.1%
1968 39 MD R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 12,652 82.9%
1968 39 MD R U.S. House District 05 General 1 89,073 52.7%
1970 41 MD R U.S. House District 05 General 1 84,314 61.4%
1972 43 MD R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 11,629 93.4%
1972 43 MD R U.S. House District 05 General 1 90,016 62.9%
1974 45 MD R Governor Primary 2 49,887 46.4%
1982 53 MD R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 79,375 65.5%
1982 53 MD R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 407,334 36.5%


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



Ideology Data for Lawrence Hogan


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
1969 40 House 69 29 69 26 R 57 36 95 20 53
1970 41 House 70 25 65 31 R 75 25 97 22 44
1971 42 House 75 18 66 26 R 77 18 92 21 89
1972 43 House 85 13 71 26 R 84 16 98 0 70
1973 44 House 83 15 78 20 R 67 31 97 0 84
1974 45 House 71 20 58 28 R 64 28 88 0 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.