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Frank Hook

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 28, 1893 in L'Anse, MI
Died: June 21, 1982 in Edina, MN

Education:

  • Valparaiso University Law School, 1918

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Gogebic County supervisor, 1921-1923
  • Wakefield city commissioner, 1921-1923
  • Lawyer
  • Wakefield municipal judge, 1924-1925
  • Radio station president, 1930-1933


Election Results for Frank Hook


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 15,146 82.3%
1936 43 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 46,284 55.1%
1938 45 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 28,636 100.0%
1938 45 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 43,453 51.7%
1940 47 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 17,170 78.1%
1940 47 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 47,429 51.3%
1942 49 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 10,784 76.5%
1942 49 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 2 27,983 45.6%
1944 51 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 7,092 75.6%
1944 51 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 41,481 50.6%
1946 53 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 10,701 100.0%
1946 53 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 2 33,799 45.2%
1948 55 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 219,252 100.0%
1948 55 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 1,000,329 48.5%
1954 61 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 10,037 60.6%
1954 61 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 2 31,187 44.1%
1956 63 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 6,824 31.3%
1958 65 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 5,019 20.1%
1966 73 MI D U.S. House District 11 Primary 2 7,142 18.0%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Hook


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
1937 44 House 75 8 D 72
1938 45 House 67 14 D 67
1939 46 House 83 12 D 84
1940 47 House 63 17 D 65
1941 48 House 39 35 D 81
1942 49 House 55 0 D 65
1945 52 House 72 14 D 79
1946 53 House 74 5 D 75


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.