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Spessard Holland

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 10, 1892 in Bartow, FL
Died: November 6, 1971 in Bartow, FL

Military Service:

  • Coast Artillery Corps and Army Air Corps, World War I

Elected Office:

  • FL Senate, 1932-1940
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on September 25, 1946 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Charles Andrews

Other notes:

  • Sponsor of the twenty-fourth amendment to the Constitution outlawing the poll tax in federal elections


Election Results for Spessard Holland


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 47 FL D Governor Primary 1 118,962 24.7%
1940 47 FL D Governor Primary Runoff 1 272,718 56.9%
1940 47 FL D Governor General 1 334,152 100.0%
1946 53 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 204,352 60.7%
1946 53 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 156,232 78.6%
1952 59 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 485,515 84.2%
1952 59 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 616,665 99.8%
1958 65 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 408,084 55.9%
1958 65 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 386,113 71.2%
1964 71 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 676,014 70.0%
1964 71 FL D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 997,585 63.9%


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



Ideology Data for Spessard 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
1947 54 Senate 70 27 D 96 60
1948 55 Senate 64 36 D 99 56
1949 56 Senate 67 33 D 100 36
1950 57 Senate 71 27 D 94 13
1951 58 Senate 65 33 D 97 42
1952 59 Senate 73 27 D 98 57
1953 60 Senate 52 46 R 84 99 40
1954 61 Senate 41 59 R 78 19 96 15
1955 62 Senate 50 50 R 83 17 100 20
1956 63 Senate 41 58 R 66 31 98 36
1957 64 Senate 61 34 R 70 26 97 25
1958 65 Senate 47 24 R 39 23 60 42
1959 66 Senate 90 2 33 61 R 64 31 95 8
1960 67 Senate 92 2 37 59 R 62 35 95 8
1961 68 Senate 95 5 34 66 D 40 60 100 0 79
1962 69 Senate 76 18 54 34 D 64 26 94 25 63
1963 70 Senate 77 14 47 42 D 58 30 89 35 71
1964 71 Senate 82 6 48 42 D 59 35 95 5 81
1965 72 Senate 87 10 34 62 D 51 47 97 6 93
1966 73 Senate 91 7 42 56 D 56 42 99 5 72
1967 74 Senate 79 9 54 37 D 70 28 95 15 87
1968 75 Senate 74 17 50 34 D 51 48 94 0 56
1969 76 Senate 91 7 40 58 R 67 33 99 6 60
1970 77 Senate 92 6 31 65 R 70 27 97 15 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.