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Hastings Keith

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 22, 1915 in Brockton, MA
Died: July 19, 2005 in Brockton, MA

Education:

  • University of Vermont, 1938

Military Service:

  • MA National Guard
  • U.S. Army, World War II
  • U.S. Army Reserve

Career:

  • Salesman/manager for Equitable Life Assurance, 1946-1952

Elected Office:

  • MA Senate, 1953-1956


Election Results for Hastings Keith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 40 MA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 17,785 44.1%
1958 42 MA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 12,587 34.3%
1958 42 MA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 82,659 54.7%
1960 44 MA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 22,996 100.0%
1960 44 MA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,955 55.7%
1962 46 MA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 47,638 100.0%
1962 46 MA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 107,000 64.2%
1964 48 MA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 22,958 88.9%
1964 48 MA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 115,656 59.6%
1966 50 MA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 23,371 100.0%
1966 50 MA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 98,372 55.0%
1968 52 MA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 15,644 99.5%
1968 52 MA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 173,295 99.9%
1970 54 MA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 22,335 54.5%
1970 54 MA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 100,432 50.4%


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



Ideology Data for Hastings Keith


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 43 House 91 0 90 8 R 87 13 98 22
1960 44 House 79 21 76 18 R 67 28 95 33
1961 45 House 65 35 67 28 D 54 43 96 30 46
1962 46 House 56 44 61 33 D 63 35 90 25 53
1963 47 House 73 13 72 24 D 48 49 97 8 80
1964 48 House 42 58 60 34 D 60 37 95 23 67
1965 49 House 71 24 66 28 D 62 34 94 16 81
1966 50 House 46 32 54 25 D 50 35 79 13 67
1967 51 House 65 31 67 29 D 58 36 92 20 50
1968 52 House 55 37 57 34 D 64 28 90 25 61
1969 53 House 51 47 51 45 R 77 23 97 33 21
1970 54 House 50 36 51 36 R 66 15 86 59 50
1971 55 House 73 21 72 24 R 89 4 93 28 40
1972 56 House 45 20 48 21 R 76 3 74 20 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.