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Hugh Scott

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 11, 1900 in Fredericksburg, VA
Died: July 21, 1994 in Falls Church, VA

Education:

  • Randolph-Macon College, 1919
  • University of Virginia Law School, 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War II

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Philadelphia district attorney, 1926-1941


Election Results for Hugh Scott


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 39 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,416 50.9%
1942 41 PA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 60,836 55.7%
1944 43 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 2 75,794 49.2%
1946 45 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 82,671 58.5%
1948 47 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 86,755 57.0%
1950 49 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,316 50.0%
1952 51 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 93,368 51.7%
1954 53 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,328 50.6%
1956 55 PA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 90,966 51.5%
1958 57 PA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 766,102 74.0%
1958 57 PA R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,042,586 51.2%
1964 63 PA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 869,774 88.9%
1964 63 PA R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 2,429,858 50.6%
1970 69 PA R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,874,106 51.4%


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



Ideology Data for Hugh Scott


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
1941 40 House 63 7 D 55
1942 41 House 40 0 D 47
1943 42 House 71 15 D 70
1944 43 House 57 17 D 62
1947 46 House 87 3 D 76 18
1948 47 House 89 8 D 73 15
1949 48 House 73 11 D 75 8
1950 49 House 66 19 D 70 33
1951 50 House 55 31 D 72 45
1952 51 House 45 41 D 63 100
1953 52 House 66 26 R 97 87 60
1954 53 House 67 17 R 58 13 67 38
1955 54 House 48 35 R 76 12 86 75
1956 55 House 63 22 R 68 18 85 71
1957 56 House 47 39 R 63 23 81 88
1958 57 House 30 38 R 56 8 69 90
1959 58 Senate 67 32 74 26 R 77 21 99 31
1960 59 Senate 43 54 63 16 R 77 22 96 67
1961 60 Senate 46 51 65 32 D 52 47 96 40 57
1962 61 Senate 41 35 52 18 D 42 35 77 25 64
1963 62 Senate 32 46 56 26 D 56 23 81 59 40
1964 63 Senate 20 57 47 35 D 48 34 85 74 44
1965 64 Senate 48 26 44 31 D 53 20 80 65 38
1966 65 Senate 30 23 42 19 D 35 22 60 45 50
1967 66 Senate 23 38 39 26 D 53 19 69 46 33
1968 67 Senate 44 50 57 37 D 64 28 90 57 52
1969 68 Senate 57 36 58 31 R 78 18 94 56 47
1970 69 Senate 64 29 61 32 R 69 21 91 28 62
1971 70 Senate 68 13 69 15 R 78 2 82 27 44
1972 71 Senate 57 30 60 24 R 70 22 89 35 33
1973 72 Senate 75 23 72 25 R 64 26 95 25 60
1974 73 Senate 45 46 48 46 R 58 30 95 43* 38
1975 74 Senate 36 49 43 43 R 75 17 89 39 26
1976 75 Senate 54 36 46 42 R 53 17 89 40 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   44%


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.