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Gordon Humphrey

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 9, 1940 in Bristol, CT

Education:

  • Attended University of Maryland, 1961-1962
  • Attended George Washington University, 1962-1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1958-1962

Career:

  • Commercial pilot, 1964-1978

Elected Office:

  • NH Senate, 1990-1992


Election Results for Gordon Humphrey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 37 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 35,503 50.4%
1978 37 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 133,745 50.7%
1984 43 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 57,763 99.1%
1984 43 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 225,828 58.7%
2000 59 NH R Governor Primary 1 54,134 51.9%
2000 59 NH R Governor General 2 246,952 43.7%
2002 61 NH R Governor Primary 3 42,698 28.0%


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



Ideology Data for Gordon Humphrey


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
1979 38 Senate 91 7 94 4 D 28 71 99 5 100
1980 39 Senate 93 1 90 5 D 30 65 94 6 100
1981 40 Senate 85 15 84 13 R 82 16 98 10 100
1982 41 Senate 80 20 84 16 R 81 18 99 15 94
1983 42 Senate 82 11 70 25 R 55 42 92 16 88
1984 43 Senate 79 17 76 23 R 68 32 97 16 86
1985 44 Senate 72 22 87 8 R 80 14 94 5 90
1986 45 Senate 86 9 83 14 R 92 5 95 0 85
1987 46 Senate 84 16 92 6 R 69 27 97 5 96
1988 47 Senate 57 35 80 15 R 68 27 93 6 100
1989 48 Senate 84 13 83 14 R 76 23 95 10 96
1990 49 Senate 70 27 82 16 R 70 28 97 11 87
Lifetime conservative rating:   94%


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.