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Ernest Hollings

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1922 in Charleston, SC
Died: April 6, 2019 in Isle of Palms, SC

Education:

  • The Citadel, B.A., 1942
  • University of South Carolina, LL.B., 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • SC House, 1949-1954
  • SC Lt. Governor, 1955-1958


Election Results for Ernest Hollings


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 36 SC D Governor Primary 1 158,159 41.9%
1958 36 SC D Governor Primary Runoff 1 190,691 56.8%
1958 36 SC D Governor General 1 77,714 100.0%
1962 40 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 110,023 34.3%
1966 44 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special Primary 1 196,405 60.8%
1966 44 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 223,790 51.3%
1968 46 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 307,561 78.3%
1968 46 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 404,060 61.9%
1974 52 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 356,126 69.5%
1980 58 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 266,796 81.2%
1980 58 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 612,554 70.4%
1986 64 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 465,511 63.1%
1992 70 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 591,030 50.1%
1998 76 SC D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 562,791 52.7%


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



Ideology Data for Ernest Hollings


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
1967 45 Senate 61 13 47 37 D 54 35 86 8 87
1968 46 Senate 47 14 41 24 D 24 37 59 14 62
1969 47 Senate 68 17 51 35 R 38 32 78 29 70
1970 48 Senate 50 33 52 31 R 59 35 87 31 60
1971 49 Senate 63 28 53 35 R 43 29 81 48 67
1972 50 Senate 46 45 61 31 R 57 35 88 26 33
1973 51 Senate 53 39 63 29 R 43 49 90 53 39
1974 52 Senate 56 24 42 41 R 45 39 85 24* 40
1975 53 Senate 56 36 61 32 R 48 45 91 50 44
1976 54 Senate 40 55 65 29 R 49 40 93 42 31
1977 55 Senate 40 54 65 29 D 66 31 94 37 36
1978 56 Senate 58 35 61 33 D 66 23 94 38 50
1979 57 Senate 75 20 62 31 D 57 37 92 33 42
1980 58 Senate 64 23 55 33 D 63 28 88 47 40
1981 59 Senate 67 30 58 35 R 54 38 94 58 14
1982 60 Senate 55 36 73 20 R 44 45 92 67 44
1983 61 Senate 23 20 49 8 R 8 35 50 94 12
1984 62 Senate 49 26 59 22 R 32 44 79 81 38
1985 63 Senate 75 25 59 41 R 52 48 100 45 52
1986 64 Senate 74 26 54 46 R 70 30 100 35 52
1987 65 Senate 88 13 58 42 R 47 53 99 40 62
1988 66 Senate 81 14 71 25 R 49 49 96 55 48
1989 67 Senate 71 29 61 39 R 67 33 100 45 48
1990 68 Senate 57 43 73 27 R 52 48 100 50 48
1991 69 Senate 65 35 63 37 R 56 44 100 55 62
1992 70 Senate 55 45 58 42 R 38 62 100 35 62
1993 71 Senate 59 41 76 20 D 73 27 96 55 42
1994 72 Senate 69 28 78 19 D 81 13 97 56 22
1995 73 Senate 68 28 75 24 D 75 24 98 75 35
1996 74 Senate 58 39 80 18 D 80 17 98 70 20
1997 75 Senate 68 28 72 25 D 75 25 97 79 9
1998 76 Senate 50 25 74 17 D 67 24 90 61 33
1999 77 Senate 89 11 87 10 D 80 20 97 89 13
2000 78 Senate 90 10 90 10 D 82 18 98 85 20
2001 79 Senate 95 5 R 61 39 99 90 29
2002 80 Senate 87 13 R 72 28 100 85 15
2003 81 Senate 85 10 R 45 47 93 89 21
2004 82 Senate 87 8 R 66 29 91 90 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.