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Beryl Anthony

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1938 in El Dorado, AR

Education:

  • University of Arkansas, B.S. & B.A., 1961, J.D., 1963

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant AR Attorney General, 1964-1965
  • Deputy Union County prosecutor, 1966-1970
  • Prosecutor, 1971-1976


Election Results for Beryl Anthony


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 40 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 40,326 26.5%
1978 40 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 67,380 52.2%
1978 40 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1980 42 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1982 44 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 115,540 77.7%
1982 44 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,256 65.6%
1984 46 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 117,123 97.9%
1986 48 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,339 77.4%
1988 50 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,508 69.2%
1990 52 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 110,365 72.4%
1992 54 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 60,854 40.0%
1992 54 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 2 43,003 49.0%


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



Ideology Data for Beryl Anthony


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
1979 41 House 65 26 64 28 D 59 35 90 26 45
1980 42 House 61 25 63 27 D 56 31 86 24 37
1981 43 House 76 15 61 30 R 61 38 90 30 42
1982 44 House 71 21 63 31 R 48 43 91 44 41
1983 45 House 64 36 69 25 R 45 51 90 60 23
1984 46 House 51 32 58 18 R 37 47 78 63 30
1985 47 House 58 36 81 14 R 28 71 94 55 32
1986 48 House 62 36 78 11 R 27 64 90 53 27
1987 49 House 47 37 85 5 R 24 69 90 71 5
1988 50 House 55 39 81 9 R 28 67 93 84 16
1989 51 House 54 29 79 14 R 38 57 92 63 23
1990 52 House 56 43 85 11 R 27 71 96 67 17
1991 53 House 59 38 77 17 R 44 50 93 68 16
1992 54 House 33 23 61 7 R 19 50 68 69 29
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.