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Hugh Mitchell

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 22, 1907 in Great Falls, MT
Died: June 10, 1996 in Seattle, WA

Education:

  • Attended Dartmouth College

Career:

  • Newspaper editorial writer, 1931-1933
  • Assistant to Rep. (and Sen.) Monrad Wallgren, 1933-1945

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on January 10, 1945 to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Monrad Wallgren


Election Results for Hugh Mitchell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 39 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 2 134,286 37.2%
1946 39 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 298,683 45.2%
1948 41 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 2 33,145 29.0%
1948 41 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,030 50.8%
1950 43 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 34,334 38.2%
1950 43 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,053 51.4%
1952 45 WA D Governor Open Primary 2 168,844 24.0%
1952 45 WA D Governor General 2 510,675 47.4%
1954 47 WA D U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 2 31,090 35.3%
1954 47 WA D U.S. House District 01 General 2 91,721 47.4%
1958 51 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 2 17,171 24.6%
1958 51 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 2 53,436 46.1%


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



Ideology Data for Hugh Mitchell


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
1945 38 Senate 81 3 D 77
1946 39 Senate 82 5 D 84
1949 42 House 89 5 D 94 100
1950 43 House 84 8 D 84 93
1951 44 House 90 6 D 93 92
1952 45 House 70 0 D 56 100


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.