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Daniel Inouye

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 7, 1924 in Honolulu, HI
Died: December 17, 2012 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • University of Hawaii, B.A., 1950
  • George Washington University, J.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1947

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Honolulu deputy prosecutor, 1953-1954

Elected Office:

  • HI Territorial House, 1954-1958
  • HI Terrirorial Senate, 1958-1959


Election Results for Daniel Inouye


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1959 34 HI D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 111,727 68.2%
1960 35 HI D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 92,668 93.3%
1960 35 HI D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 135,827 74.4%
1962 37 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 80,707 93.6%
1962 37 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 136,294 69.4%
1968 43 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 111,135 87.5%
1968 43 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 189,248 83.4%
1974 49 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 207,454 82.9%
1980 55 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 198,468 87.5%
1980 55 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 224,485 77.9%
1986 61 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 241,887 73.6%
1992 67 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 141,273 76.0%
1992 67 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 208,266 57.3%
1998 73 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 108,891 92.8%
1998 73 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 315,252 79.2%
2004 79 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 157,367 93.8%
2004 79 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 313,629 75.5%
2010 85 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 198,711 88.3%
2010 85 HI D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 277,228 74.8%


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



Ideology Data for Daniel Inouye


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
1959 34 House 23 0 R 11 13 26 0
1960 35 House 11 84 84 12 R 53 40 92 100
1961 36 House 4 83 88 2 D 86 6 91 100 7
1962 37 House 0 94 88 0 D 90 2 85 100 0
1963 38 Senate 5 93 92 2 D 89 3 95 82 7
1964 39 Senate 18 82 90 7 D 88 8 98 74 13
1965 40 Senate 15 85 92 6 D 83 10 94 82 7
1966 41 Senate 7 84 85 3 D 77 16 87 79 0
1967 42 Senate 11 61 67 9 D 65 15 75 80 8
1968 43 Senate 13 57 51 11 D 62 10 62 82 0
1969 44 Senate 20 64 75 11 R 43 36 80 76 0
1970 45 Senate 8 63 65 7 R 41 32 73 94 12
1971 46 Senate 20 54 64 10 R 30 43 75 71 13
1972 47 Senate 9 73 79 6 R 33 54 84 78 8
1973 48 Senate 23 65 73 11 R 32 56 87 76 5
1974 49 Senate 19 51 56 14 R 28 39 69 85 0
1975 50 Senate 20 55 65 11 R 32 34 77 56* 12
1976 51 Senate 29 38 48 18 R 28 28 65 64 0
1977 52 Senate 18 68 74 11 D 68 10 82 73 10
1978 53 Senate 15 61 71 8 D 72 11 75 67 0
1979 54 Senate 18 51 66 8 D 63 11 71 57 8
1980 55 Senate 25 48 72 8 D 64 16 81 71 11
1981 56 Senate 20 69 74 13 R 47 44 87 83 0
1982 57 Senate 17 65 74 14 R 28 66 83 79 19
1983 58 Senate 9 66 70 9 R 33 42 81 89 9
1984 59 Senate 30 62 78 14 R 39 52 87 100 19
1985 60 Senate 20 58 80 7 R 20 72 87 100 5
1986 61 Senate 18 66 72 16 R 17 70 86 95 6
1987 62 Senate 41 53 91 5 R 33 63 92 95 0
1988 63 Senate 24 62 87 7 R 42 44 91 85 4
1989 64 Senate 47 53 83 17 R 60 37 98 70 13
1990 65 Senate 59 38 84 15 R 45 53 97 72 13
1991 66 Senate 50 43 77 19 R 51 47 96 80 14
1992 67 Senate 32 58 78 12 R 38 55 91 72 4
1993 68 Senate 34 59 78 6 D 85 4 88 89 13
1994 69 Senate 41 56 89 8 D 92 5 94 83 0
1995 70 Senate 53 40 80 15 D 83 15 95 100 0
1996 71 Senate 47 45 83 13 D 83 14 95 89 11
1997 72 Senate 44 52 85 9 D 83 13 95 79 4
1998 73 Senate 50 38 79 6 D 75 11 85 89 9
1999 74 Senate 91 9 86 8 D 86 14 94 100 0
2000 75 Senate 91 9 73 7 D 94 6 85 80 24
2001 76 Senate 93 2 R 59 33 95 95 9
2002 77 Senate 83 9 R 70 17 89 84 0
2003 78 Senate 83 7 R 43 46 88 85 11
2004 79 Senate 94 4 R 61 32 96 100 8
2005 80 Senate 77 8 R 38 42 86 85 5
2006 81 Senate 86 10 R 49 39 92 90 8
2007 82 Senate 88 6 R 32 61 90 90 0
2008 83 Senate 77 15 R 44 48 88 94 0
2009 84 Senate 98 1 D 96 4 99 95 0
2010 85 Senate 98 2 D 90 2 98 84 0
2011 86 Senate 90 5 D 89 2 92 95 5
2012 87 Senate 83 3 D 80 3 83 95 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.