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Marjorie Holt

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 17, 1920 in Birmingham, AL
Died: January 6, 2018 in Severna Park, MD

Education:

  • Attended Jacksonville Junior College, 1940-1941
  • University of Florida, LL.B., 1949

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Anne Arundel County elections supervisor, 1963-1965
  • Anne Arundel County court clerk, 1966-1972


Election Results for Marjorie Holt


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 51 MD R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 9,389 71.1%
1972 51 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 87,534 59.4%
1974 53 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 61,208 58.1%
1976 55 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 95,158 57.7%
1978 57 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 71,374 62.0%
1980 59 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,985 71.9%
1982 61 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 75,617 61.2%
1984 63 MD R U.S. House District 04 General 1 114,430 66.2%


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



Ideology Data for Marjorie Holt


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
1973 52 House 94 5 85 14 R 69 30 97 4 88
1974 53 House 88 12 84 15 R 60 38 98 13 90
1975 54 House 94 6 89 10 R 58 39 98 5 97
1976 55 House 89 6 83 10 R 71 24 92 5 97
1977 56 House 92 3 86 8 D 30 57 95 5 100
1978 57 House 90 7 85 11 D 21 77 97 5 96
1979 58 House 87 4 85 8 D 23 68 90 0 97
1980 59 House 77 9 78 11 D 36 49 88 6 100
1981 60 House 84 3 75 14 R 75 21 86 10 91
1982 61 House 81 11 69 19 R 66 17 86 10 76
1983 62 House 87 3 77 9 R 77 9 86 5 89
1984 63 House 95 2 73 19 R 67 27 92 10 64
1985 64 House 69 15 63 23 R 69 23 84 11 74
1986 65 House 70 10 58 22 R 63 21 83 0 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.