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Chet Holifield

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 3, 1903 in Mayfield, KY
Died: February 6, 1995 in Redlands, CA

Career:

  • Apparel manufacturer/salesman, 1920-1943


Election Results for Chet Holifield


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 38 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 10,487 36.4%
1942 38 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 34,918 63.1%
1944 40 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 24,455 83.0%
1944 40 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 2 4,770 45.4%
1944 40 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 65,758 71.8%
1946 42 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 24,278 80.4%
1946 42 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 4,696 44.8%
1946 42 CA D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 50,666 97.6%
1948 44 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 2 4,125 28.1%
1948 44 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 31,032 73.1%
1948 44 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 72,900 69.7%
1950 46 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 7,159 47.7%
1950 46 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 36,759 100.0%
1950 46 CA D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 73,317 90.9%
1952 48 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 13,438 50.6%
1952 48 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 46,362 67.0%
1952 48 CA D,R U.S. House District 19 General 1 126,606 87.0%
1954 50 CA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 2 7,204 36.6%
1954 50 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 55,184 93.2%
1954 50 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 90,269 74.8%
1956 52 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 64,632 93.4%
1956 52 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 116,287 73.8%
1958 54 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 77,859 96.5%
1958 54 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 131,421 83.4%
1960 56 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 63,851 100.0%
1960 56 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 145,479 78.2%
1962 58 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 42,681 100.0%
1962 58 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 78,436 61.6%
1964 60 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 54,181 100.0%
1964 60 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 97,934 65.4%
1966 62 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 49,250 100.0%
1966 62 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 82,592 62.2%
1968 64 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 54,550 75.8%
1968 64 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 99,069 63.1%
1970 66 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 46,800 100.0%
1970 66 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 98,578 70.4%
1972 68 CA D U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 37,413 52.0%
1972 68 CA D U.S. House District 19 General 1 105,699 67.2%


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



Ideology Data for Chet Holifield


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
1943 39 House 73 4 D 78
1944 40 House 87 0 D 74
1945 41 House 80 10 D 62
1946 42 House 61 7 D 48
1947 43 House 89 11 D 87 91
1948 44 House 89 0 D 78 100
1949 45 House 89 8 D 96 100
1950 46 House 81 7 D 75 100
1951 47 House 82 1 D 55 92
1952 48 House 84 2 D 65 92
1953 49 House 71 21 R 62 85 90
1954 50 House 73 3 R 47 39 72 100
1955 51 House 84 3 R 56 34 93 100
1956 52 House 91 3 R 47 41 90 100
1957 53 House 78 14 R 53 32 85 78
1958 54 House 81 14 R 72 18 88 100
1959 55 House 0 100 77 4 R 28 43 74 100
1960 56 House 0 89 78 2 R 42 44 83 100
1961 57 House 9 74 83 2 D 75 5 82 100 0
1962 58 House 0 88 88 0 D 85 2 84 100 0
1963 59 House 7 80 72 0 D 72 4 76 100 8
1964 60 House 8 92 89 3 D 92 2 91 100 6
1965 61 House 2 76 72 1 D 71 2 72 83 7
1966 62 House 0 89 75 0 D 72 3 76 94 0
1967 63 House 4 93 91 2 D 90 3 89 93 0
1968 64 House 8 78 77 1 D 66 5 67 91 0
1969 65 House 16 64 80 4 R 47 32 78 67 15
1970 66 House 23 61 71 19 R 57 31 85 67 24
1971 67 House 42 45 64 24 R 68 23 85 49 30
1972 68 House 16 57 69 10 R 38 38 81 67 20
1973 69 House 27 66 82 10 R 37 56 89 58 26
1974 70 House 21 44 56 14 R 36 25 64 50 27
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.