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Henry Hyde

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1924 in Chicago, IL
Died: November 29, 2007 in Chicago, IL

Education:

  • Georgetown University, B.S., 1947
  • Loyola University, J.D., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1946-1968

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1967-1974


Election Results for Henry Hyde


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 38 IL R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 21,437 100.0%
1962 38 IL R U.S. House District 11 General 2 92,910 47.3%
1974 50 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 15,192 48.7%
1974 50 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 66,027 53.4%
1976 52 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,667 60.6%
1978 54 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 87,193 66.2%
1980 56 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 123,593 67.0%
1982 58 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,918 68.4%
1984 60 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 157,370 75.1%
1986 62 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,196 75.4%
1988 64 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 153,425 73.7%
1990 66 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,410 66.7%
1992 68 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 165,009 65.5%
1994 70 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 45,546 82.4%
1994 70 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,664 73.5%
1996 72 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 53,720 83.6%
1996 72 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 132,401 64.3%
1998 74 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,186 100.0%
1998 74 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 111,603 67.3%
2000 76 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,056 100.0%
2000 76 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 133,327 58.9%
2002 78 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 66,584 100.0%
2002 78 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 113,174 65.1%
2004 80 IL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,583 100.0%
2004 80 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 139,627 55.8%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Hyde


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 51 House 85 14 82 15 R 79 20 97 5 86
1976 52 House 85 13 83 14 R 76 22 96 0 91
1977 53 House 80 15 77 20 D 47 52 96 11 76
1978 54 House 73 20 75 19 D 43 54 95 10 87
1979 55 House 78 19 71 25 D 42 50 94 6 82
1980 56 House 76 21 67 29 D 53 39 94 28 42
1981 57 House 81 16 77 19 R 79 20 95 10 92
1982 58 House 86 8 79 19 R 75 17 95 17 85
1983 59 House 88 12 83 15 R 89 10 97 5 86
1984 60 House 88 7 79 15 R 71 25 92 11 87
1985 61 House 85 9 75 17 R 71 19 92 16 79
1986 62 House 80 20 75 18 R 76 21 94 5 91
1987 63 House 86 9 76 18 R 65 32 94 12 96
1988 64 House 92 8 84 10 R 70 28 96 15 92
1989 65 House 61 10 58 12 R 66 16 72 8 95
1990 66 House 81 15 78 18 R 68 31 96 11 88
1991 67 House 92 8 83 13 R 85 14 96 10 80
1992 68 House 58 4 59 14 R 60 14 74 16 94
1993 69 House 82 9 82 14 D 38 58 96 11 87
1994 70 House 83 14 85 13 D 54 46 98 5 90
1995 71 House 97 3 94 5 D 21 78 99 0 68
1996 72 House 90 6 92 7 D 39 61 98 10 90
1997 73 House 95 0 89 9 D 28 71 97 20 68
1998 74 House 83 12 91 7 D 20 79 95 0 92
1999 75 House 88 10 D 31 65 98 15 72
2000 76 House 84 10 D 34 64 96 10 76
2001 77 House 95 4 R 88 12 98 5 92
2002 78 House 95 3 R 89 7 96 0 88
2003 79 House 83 3 R 82 4 81 10 86
2004 80 House 87 10 R 79 21 98 15 75
2005 81 House 80 4 R 76 11 87 5 91
2006 82 House 85 4 R 95 3 89 0 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.