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Bill Alexander

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 16, 1934 in Memphis, TN

Education:

  • Southwestern University, B.A., 1957
  • Vanderbilt University, LL.B., 1960

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army JAG Corps, 1951-1953

Career:

  • Law clerk, 1960-1961
  • Lawyer


Election Results for Bill Alexander


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 34 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,480 38.1%
1968 34 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary Runoff 1 43,229 62.2%
1968 34 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,293 68.9%
1970 36 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 38 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1974 40 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,247 90.6%
1976 42 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,217 68.9%
1978 44 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1980 46 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1982 48 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,208 64.8%
1984 50 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 100,490 76.8%
1984 50 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,047 97.2%
1986 52 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 81,409 52.1%
1986 52 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,782 64.2%
1988 54 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 94,978 66.9%
1988 54 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 56 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 72,401 54.3%
1990 56 AR D U.S. House District 01 General 1 101,026 64.3%
1992 58 AR D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 54,686 38.8%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Alexander


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
1969 35 House 60 24 42 47 R 64 30 88 13 57
1970 36 House 57 25 50 35 R 57 29 78 18 53
1971 37 House 31 32 50 20 R 44 32 61 42 40
1972 38 House 55 24 44 38 R 41 38 73 23 60
1973 39 House 53 32 60 27 R 33 53 83 50 26
1974 40 House 61 27 53 32 R 42 42 83 22 65
1975 41 House 54 34 56 32 R 42 48 87 21* 58
1976 42 House 53 30 54 31 R 37 39 86 35 40
1977 43 House 49 43 70 23 D 58 34 89 26 36
1978 44 House 33 51 65 18 D 57 26 80 25 45
1979 45 House 34 46 70 11 D 58 19 79 47 17
1980 46 House 39 48 68 9 D 64 16 78 47 21
1981 47 House 60 28 67 24 R 49 42 93 50 25
1982 48 House 60 34 72 17 R 40 49 90 47 24
1983 49 House 39 44 68 10 R 34 52 81 68 9
1984 50 House 42 24 57 11 R 34 44 67 60 21
1985 51 House 36 56 84 7 R 25 68 90 70 6
1986 52 House 58 40 80 8 R 22 67 90 75 24
1987 53 House 42 44 84 5 R 22 68 89 76 0
1988 54 House 26 55 83 5 R 18 69 88 89 5
1989 55 House 37 59 88 9 R 34 63 96 63 22
1990 56 House 44 43 72 10 R 27 62 85 60 17
1991 57 House 54 43 79 13 R 37 54 91 61 19
1992 58 House 27 35 64 4 R 18 56 70 87 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.