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Edward Hutchinson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 13, 1914 in Fennville, MI
Died: July 22, 1985 in Naples, FL

Education:

  • University of Michigan, 1936, Law School, 1938

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1947-1950
  • MI Senate, 1951-1960


Election Results for Edward Hutchinson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 47 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 15,899 40.0%
1962 47 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 73,308 63.8%
1964 49 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 39,479 100.0%
1964 49 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,391 54.3%
1966 51 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,339 100.0%
1966 51 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 78,190 67.8%
1968 53 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 36,685 100.0%
1968 53 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 100,128 65.6%
1970 55 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,417 100.0%
1970 55 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,471 62.2%
1972 57 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,549 61.4%
1972 57 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 111,185 67.3%
1974 59 MI R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,043 100.0%
1974 59 MI R U.S. House District 04 General 1 64,731 53.1%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Hutchinson


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
1963 48 House 73 13 88 0 D 21 70 89 0 94
1964 49 House 100 0 92 6 D 25 75 96 0 100
1965 50 House 100 0 97 2 D 31 66 97 0 94
1966 51 House 95 0 94 3 D 32 63 96 0 88
1967 52 House 98 0 96 1 D 39 58 98 7 100
1968 53 House 88 10 87 7 D 50 49 97 0 96
1969 54 House 76 13 80 13 R 55 40 94 20 67
1970 55 House 82 11 86 10 R 71 26 95 11 82
1971 56 House 83 16 81 17 R 68 32 97 8 100
1972 57 House 91 2 85 6 R 59 35 90 0 80
1973 58 House 92 5 88 8 R 75 25 96 4 84
1974 59 House 81 8 82 8 R 53 30 91 19 79
1975 60 House 92 3 89 7 R 75 22 96 5 94
1976 61 House 95 2 92 5 R 84 14 96 5 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.