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Elmer Holland

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 8, 1894 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: August 9, 1968 in Annapolis, MD

Education:

  • Attended Duquesne University

Military Service:

  • American Expeditionary Forces, World War I
  • World War II

Career:

  • Advertising manager of glass company, 1915-1933

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1934-1942
  • PA Senate, 1943-1956


Election Results for Elmer Holland


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 48 PA D U.S. House District 33 Special 1 33,989 58.1%
1956 62 PA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 33,935 59.2%
1956 62 PA D U.S. House District 30 Special 1 36,023 75.3%
1956 62 PA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 103,389 59.8%
1958 64 PA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 98,244 66.7%
1960 66 PA D U.S. House District 30 General 1 126,619 68.6%
1962 68 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 106,971 67.4%
1964 70 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 57,005 83.7%
1964 70 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 126,846 74.4%
1966 72 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 47,597 68.1%
1966 72 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 93,068 65.9%


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



Ideology Data for Elmer Holland


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
1942 48 House 40 0 D 40
1956 62 House 78 16 R 53 34 93 100
1957 63 House 83 5 R 70 23 92 89
1958 64 House 86 5 R 72 18 91 92
1959 65 House 0 100 90 2 R 41 52 91 100
1960 66 House 11 89 78 20 R 51 42 92 100
1961 67 House 9 78 84 9 D 85 8 93 100 13
1962 68 House 6 75 93 2 D 90 2 93 100 0
1963 69 House 0 100 96 2 D 94 3 97 91 7
1964 70 House 0 92 77 0 D 79 4 76 92 0
1965 71 House 0 63 55 0 D 53 2 54 93 0
1966 72 House 3 84 86 1 D 84 3 84 88 0
1967 73 House 2 56 65 1 D 65 3 69 82 0
1968 74 House 20 3 D 19 2 65 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.