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Brock Adams

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 13, 1927 in Atlanta, GA
Died: September 10, 2004 in Stevensville, MD (Parkinson's disease)

Education:

  • University of Washington, B.A., 1949
  • Harvard University, J.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law instructor at American Institute of Banking, 1954-1960
  • U.S. Attorney for Western WA, 1961-1964
  • U.S. Secretary of Tranportation, 1977-1979


Election Results for Brock Adams


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 37 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 2 46,487 34.2%
1964 37 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 125,222 55.5%
1966 39 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 75,436 67.0%
1966 39 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 104,613 62.8%
1968 41 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 46,209 58.6%
1968 41 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 123,429 65.6%
1970 43 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 61,223 65.4%
1970 43 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 99,308 66.6%
1972 45 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 66,025 76.0%
1972 45 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 140,307 85.4%
1974 47 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 34,402 66.0%
1974 47 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 85,593 71.1%
1976 49 WA D U.S. House District 07 Open Primary 1 71,305 66.9%
1976 49 WA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,673 73.0%
1986 59 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Open Primary 2 287,258 45.6%
1986 59 WA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 677,471 50.7%


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



Ideology Data for Brock Adams


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
1965 38 House 12 86 88 9 D 87 8 94 79 12
1966 39 House 8 73 71 11 D 75 13 83 88 15
1967 40 House 4 67 67 6 D 72 8 81 87 0
1968 41 House 0 98 85 5 D 79 16 89 92 4
1969 42 House 11 80 76 15 R 53 40 92 93 13
1970 43 House 11 84 78 17 R 66 29 91 94 11
1971 44 House 11 75 74 13 R 46 46 88 89 0
1972 45 House 4 93 91 7 R 43 51 97 94 10
1973 46 House 11 82 83 10 R 28 66 91 96 13
1974 47 House 6 87 79 8 R 32 64 89 91 0
1975 48 House 19 71 80 11 R 38 57 91 94 3
1976 49 House 22 72 81 11 R 20 73 91 74 3
1987 60 Senate 6 81 88 4 R 33 65 94 95 4
1988 61 Senate 16 73 82 11 R 38 56 92 95 0
1989 62 Senate 11 87 94 5 R 43 56 98 95 4
1990 63 Senate 11 89 93 7 R 34 65 99 94 9
1991 64 Senate 10 90 96 4 R 26 74 100 95 10
1992 65 Senate 5 95 95 4 R 25 75 99 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.