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George Huddleston, Jr

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 19, 1920 in Birmingham, AL
Died: September 14, 1971 in Middleburg, VA

Education:

  • Birmingham Southern College, A.B., 1941
  • University of Alabama, LL.B., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Asst. U.S. Attorney for Northern AL, 1949-1952


Election Results for George Huddleston, Jr


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 34 AL D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 29,762 46.4%
1954 34 AL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 40,986 100.0%
1956 36 AL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 56,414 65.9%
1958 38 AL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 38,229 86.3%
1960 40 AL D U.S. House District 09 General 1 70,567 67.3%
1962 42 AL D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 81,735 115.1%
1962 42 AL D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 304,210 68.3%
1964 44 AL D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 96,848 88.0%
1964 44 AL D U.S. House District 06 General 2 45,090 39.4%


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



Ideology Data for George Huddleston, Jr


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
1955 35 House 74 23 R 56 41 99 78
1956 36 House 88 13 R 59 41 100 71
1957 37 House 78 22 R 50 50 100 56
1958 38 House 78 22 R 58 42 100 58
1959 39 House 82 18 87 10 R 37 61 99 56
1960 40 House 84 16 55 45 R 35 65 100 67
1961 41 House 65 26 69 26 D 75 18 95 60 47
1962 42 House 44 31 58 21 D 55 20 81 38 44
1963 43 House 87 13 52 48 D 51 49 100 33 88
1964 44 House 83 8 40 50 D 40 54 83 17 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.