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William Hughes

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 17, 1932 in Salem, NJ
Died: October 30, 2019 in Ocean City, NJ

Education:

  • Rutgers University, B.A., 1955, J.D., 1958

Elected Office:

  • Lawyer
  • Upper Township solicitor, 1959-1961
  • Cape May County assistant prosecutor, 1960-1970
  • U.S. Ambassador to Panama, 1995-1998


Election Results for William Hughes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 3 NJ D U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 2,575 23.5%
1970 37 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 6,889 61.5%
1970 37 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 2 64,882 48.3%
1974 41 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,347 55.0%
1974 41 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,763 57.3%
1976 43 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,230 89.5%
1976 43 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 141,753 61.7%
1978 45 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,821 100.0%
1978 45 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 112,768 66.4%
1980 47 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,105 100.0%
1980 47 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 135,437 57.5%
1982 49 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,360 100.0%
1982 49 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 102,826 68.0%
1984 51 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,023 100.0%
1984 51 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,841 63.2%
1986 53 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,113 95.1%
1986 53 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,821 68.3%
1988 55 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,411 100.0%
1988 55 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 134,505 65.7%
1990 57 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 12,181 100.0%
1990 57 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,698 88.2%
1992 59 NJ D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,393 100.0%
1992 59 NJ D U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,465 55.9%


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



Ideology Data for William Hughes


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
1975 42 House 38 58 70 27 R 35 65 98 79* 25
1976 43 House 39 58 71 26 R 24 76 97 60 23
1977 44 House 42 53 61 34 D 63 32 96 50 32
1978 45 House 41 55 60 38 D 71 27 97 58 26
1979 46 House 44 52 66 32 D 67 30 97 61 16
1980 47 House 56 40 63 35 D 66 31 96 61 32
1981 48 House 41 59 64 31 R 41 58 97 68 17
1982 49 House 40 59 80 19 R 43 57 99 80 18
1983 50 House 38 62 74 26 R 34 66 99 70 18
1984 51 House 46 47 71 24 R 41 58 97 60 26
1985 52 House 40 60 76 23 R 30 70 99 75 21
1986 53 House 32 68 78 20 R 28 72 99 75 9
1987 54 House 49 51 79 17 R 24 75 97 80 9
1988 55 House 47 50 85 15 R 30 68 99 70 16
1989 56 House 51 49 84 14 R 30 69 98 70 14
1990 57 House 39 59 79 19 R 26 73 98 82 13
1991 58 House 41 59 79 18 R 29 68 97 70 26
1992 59 House 27 71 83 17 R 23 77 99 80 21
1993 60 House 55 45 89 10 D 76 24 99 79 17
1994 61 House 47 53 93 6 D 86 13 99 84 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.