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Craig Hosmer

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 6, 1915 in Brea, CA
Died: October 11, 1982 in aboard a cruise ship bound for Mexico

Education:

  • University of California, 1937
  • University of Southern California Law School, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for New Mexico, 1948
  • President of American Nuclear Energy Council, 1975-1979


Election Results for Craig Hosmer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 35 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 2 16,606 21.6%
1950 35 CA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 31,935 63.8%
1950 35 CA R U.S. House District 18 General 2 95,308 49.5%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 20,780 44.3%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 2 15,299 28.8%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 90,438 55.5%
1954 39 CA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,803 90.2%
1954 39 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 2 13,828 30.8%
1954 39 CA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 71,731 55.0%
1956 41 CA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 44,302 100.0%
1956 41 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 2 20,848 35.4%
1956 41 CA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 103,108 59.2%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 41,400 100.0%
1958 43 CA D U.S. House District 18 Primary 3 18,783 30.7%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 95,682 60.0%
1960 45 CA R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 46,948 100.0%
1960 45 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 18 Primary 3 2,637 4.6%
1960 45 CA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 129,851 69.9%
1962 47 CA R U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 47,604 100.0%
1962 47 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 32 Primary 3 2,979 6.2%
1962 47 CA R U.S. House District 32 General 1 115,915 70.7%
1964 49 CA R U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 56,774 100.0%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 32 Primary 3 730 1.2%
1964 49 CA R U.S. House District 32 General 1 132,603 68.9%
1966 51 CA R U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 54,842 93.0%
1966 51 CA R U.S. House District 32 General 1 139,328 80.1%
1968 53 CA R U.S. House District 32 General 1 142,401 73.9%
1970 55 CA E U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 57,289 100.0%
1970 55 CA R U.S. House District 32 General 1 119,340 71.5%
1972 57 CA R U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 74,114 100.0%
1972 57 CA R U.S. House District 32 General 1 149,514 65.9%


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



Ideology Data for Craig Hosmer


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
1953 38 House 95 3 R 91 93 30
1954 39 House 83 10 R 84 16 91 22
1955 40 House 84 16 R 68 27 92 33
1956 41 House 59 19 R 76 15 88 71
1957 42 House 69 22 R 60 35 93 56
1958 43 House 70 16 R 62 26 89 25
1959 44 House 82 18 77 17 R 80 13 91 33
1960 45 House 89 11 88 12 R 79 21 97 33
1961 46 House 65 4 59 12 D 40 32 73 11 70
1962 47 House 63 37 75 19 D 55 42 93 25 67
1963 48 House 67 27 64 17 D 31 48 79 0 100
1964 49 House 58 33 63 27 D 46 46 89 15 80
1965 50 House 51 20 48 20 D 38 29 67 6 92
1966 51 House 81 14 71 19 D 37 47 88 0 72
1967 52 House 69 13 64 20 D 47 36 85 13 85
1968 53 House 63 20 61 20 D 52 37 86 17 70
1969 54 House 51 24 51 24 R 55 19 78 15 36
1970 55 House 73 11 69 14 R 85 8 85 29 69
1971 56 House 74 11 67 16 R 88 4 84 23 61
1972 57 House 85 10 78 12 R 81 8 87 14 78
1973 58 House 75 17 73 19 R 70 20 91 0 81
1974 59 House 81 10 78 15 R 81 13 88 14 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   74%


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.