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William Hungate

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 24, 1922 in Benton, IL
Died: June 22, 2007 in St. Louis County, MO

Education:

  • University of Missouri, A.B., 1943
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1948, J.D., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Lincoln County prosecutor, 3 terms
  • Assistant MO Attorney General, 1958-1964
  • Appointed U.S. district judge for Eastern MO, 1979


Election Results for William Hungate


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 41 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 11,962 17.7%
1964 41 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 112,907 62.3%
1964 41 MO D U.S. House District 09 Special 1 102,422 62.5%
1966 43 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 53,210 100.0%
1966 43 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 68,472 55.3%
1968 45 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 61,749 100.0%
1968 45 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 108,184 52.2%
1970 47 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 51,571 89.7%
1970 47 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 100,988 63.0%
1972 49 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 69,700 100.0%
1972 49 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 132,150 66.5%
1974 51 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 52,981 100.0%
1974 51 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 87,546 66.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Hungate


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
1965 42 House 24 71 82 11 D 79 10 91 61 44
1966 43 House 32 41 56 20 D 62 19 76 50 33
1967 44 House 46 39 57 30 D 63 20 84 54 42
1968 45 House 37 49 59 18 D 63 14 79 42 21
1969 46 House 31 62 73 22 R 40 55 89 67 36
1970 47 House 23 48 64 14 R 51 38 80 47 64
1971 48 House 38 55 62 26 R 33 58 88 67 50
1972 49 House 28 57 70 22 R 30 49 83 62 0
1973 50 House 39 61 76 23 R 34 62 98 68 36
1974 51 House 42 55 72 23 R 57 40 95 65* 25
1975 52 House 34 53 70 20 R 40 52 91 74* 31
1976 53 House 45 52 73 24 R 29 71 95 68 27
Lifetime conservative rating:   34%


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.