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Hal Holmes

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 22, 1902 in Cresco, IA
Died: July 27, 1977 in Yakima, WA

Education:

  • Whitman College, 1923
  • Columbia University, 1927

Career:

  • Teacher, 1924-1925, 1928-1942
  • Rancher, 1934-1942


Election Results for Hal Holmes


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 40 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 2 8,704 23.9%
1942 40 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 34,495 63.6%
1944 42 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 31,316 75.8%
1944 42 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 56,211 60.2%
1946 44 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 30,262 68.3%
1946 44 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 51,476 67.6%
1948 46 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 36,250 61.3%
1948 46 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 58,105 53.2%
1950 48 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 43,133 68.9%
1950 48 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 61,544 64.3%
1952 50 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 53,315 62.4%
1952 50 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 92,551 67.5%
1954 52 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 38,160 60.8%
1954 52 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 67,171 61.0%
1956 54 WA R U.S. House District 04 Open Primary 1 51,796 51.4%
1956 54 WA R U.S. House District 04 General 1 76,769 50.4%


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



Ideology Data for Hal Holmes


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 41 House 73 23 D 97
1944 42 House 73 20 D 94
1945 43 House 68 24 D 90
1946 44 House 54 26 D 87
1947 45 House 92 8 D 98 17
1948 46 House 81 14 D 96 25
1949 47 House 67 33 D 89 23
1950 48 House 58 42 D 100 33
1951 49 House 48 52 D 99 31
1952 50 House 41 59 D 97 54
1953 51 House 68 32 R 97 100 55
1954 52 House 83 17 R 89 11 100 33
1955 53 House 52 48 R 93 7 100 90
1956 54 House 50 50 R 88 12 100 100
1957 55 House 36 64 R 82 18 100 89
1958 56 House 38 62 R 90 10 100 67


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.