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Robert Mollohan

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 18, 1909 in Grantsville, WV
Died: August 3, 1999 in Fairmont, WV

Education:

  • Attended Shepherd College, 1929-1931

Career:

  • Tax collector, 1933, 1935-1938
  • Works Progress Administration, 1939
  • Superintendent of State Industrial School for Boys, 1941-1948
  • Clerk for Senate District of Columbia committee, 1949-1952
  • U.S. Marshal for northern WV, 1950
  • Insurance businessman

Other notes:

  • Father of Alan Mollohan


Election Results for Robert Mollohan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 42 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,594 51.1%
1952 42 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,218 52.9%
1954 44 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,022 65.7%
1954 44 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 52,609 52.7%
1956 46 WV D Governor Primary 1 148,557 42.6%
1956 46 WV D Governor General 2 377,121 46.1%
1958 48 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,078 72.5%
1958 48 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 2 46,262 45.4%
1968 58 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,380 34.8%
1968 58 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 85,436 53.9%
1970 60 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,330 68.1%
1970 60 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 61,296 61.5%
1972 62 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 78,884 100.0%
1972 62 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 130,062 69.4%
1974 64 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,175 87.1%
1974 64 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,457 59.7%
1976 66 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 77,536 100.0%
1976 66 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,103 58.0%
1978 68 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,853 100.0%
1978 68 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,372 63.4%
1980 70 WV D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 64,998 100.0%
1980 70 WV D U.S. House District 01 General 1 107,471 63.6%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Mollohan


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
1953 43 House 61 18 R 48 57 90
1954 44 House 93 0 R 47 42 88 88
1955 45 House 84 16 R 41 56 97 80
1956 46 House 50 0 R 35 15 49 100
1969 59 House 40 49 76 16 R 57 38 90 47 50
1970 60 House 34 36 57 17 R 46 20 74 60 27
1971 61 House 49 34 60 22 R 63 19 79 30 60
1972 62 House 34 30 53 18 R 46 16 72 21 50
1973 63 House 48 44 67 24 R 35 51 89 40 46
1974 64 House 49 41 55 28 R 45 32 85 47 25
1975 65 House 33 44 55 17 R 35 44 72 53 26
1976 66 House 49 45 68 28 R 35 63 91 45 34
1977 67 House 54 43 38 28 D 62 33 95 26 32
1978 68 House 52 41 65 31 D 56 42 92 35 38
1979 69 House 49 49 73 21 D 63 29 93 42 19
1980 70 House 41 47 76 15 D 68 15 89 59 16
1981 71 House 59 31 58 27 R 50 38 84 42 25
1982 72 House 58 29 73 17 R 42 36 82 42 42
Lifetime conservative rating:   33%


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.