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Henderson Lanham

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 14, 1888 in Rome, GA
Died: November 10, 1957 in Rome, GA (train collision with his automobile at a crossing)

Education:

  • University of Georgia, 1910, Law School, 1911
  • Harvard University, 1912

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Solicitor, 1941-1946

Elected Office:

  • Rome Board of Education, 1918-1919
  • GA House, 1929-1933, 1937-1940


Election Results for Henderson Lanham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 57 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,146 48.7%
1946 57 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 7,573 100.0%
1948 59 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 72,525 100.0%
1948 59 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 45,195 100.0%
1950 61 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 67,767 100.0%
1950 61 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 23,595 100.0%
1952 63 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 61,883 100.0%
1952 63 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,416 99.9%
1954 65 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 72,043 100.0%
1954 65 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 35,147 100.0%
1956 67 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 49,578 81.1%
1956 67 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 69,873 99.5%


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



Ideology Data for Henderson Lanham


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
1947 58 House 87 8 D 95 100
1948 59 House 94 6 D 92 85
1949 60 House 73 21 D 96 83
1950 61 House 84 16 D 96 60
1951 62 House 93 7 D 96 77
1952 63 House 89 7 D 93 67
1953 64 House 89 5 R 42 93 73
1954 65 House 87 10 R 47 39 88 88
1955 66 House 68 26 R 54 46 93 70
1956 67 House 88 9 R 47 47 93 57
1957 68 House 93 5 R 52 43 97 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.