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Bill Archer

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 22, 1928 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • Attended Rice University, 1945-1946
  • University of Texas, LL.B., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1951-1953

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • President of Uncle Johnny Mills, Inc., 1953-1961
  • Director of Heights State Bank, 1967-1970

Elected Office:

  • Hunters Creek Village city council, 1955-1962
  • TX House, 1967-1970


Election Results for Bill Archer


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 42 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 13,331 53.7%
1970 42 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 93,457 64.8%
1972 44 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 171,127 82.3%
1974 46 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 70,363 79.2%
1976 48 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 193,127 100.0%
1978 50 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 128,214 85.1%
1980 52 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 242,810 82.1%
1982 54 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 108,718 85.0%
1984 56 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 213,480 86.7%
1986 58 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 129,673 87.4%
1988 60 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 185,203 79.1%
1990 62 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 114,254 100.0%
1992 64 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,527 100.0%
1992 64 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 169,407 100.0%
1994 66 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,997 100.0%
1994 66 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 116,873 100.0%
1996 68 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 152,024 81.4%
1998 70 TX R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 28,625 96.8%
1998 70 TX R U.S. House District 07 General 1 111,010 93.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Archer


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
1971 43 House 92 6 90 7 R 75 23 97 5 100
1972 44 House 83 13 82 15 R 62 27 93 6 89
1973 45 House 89 11 86 13 R 63 34 97 8 92
1974 46 House 94 5 92 6 R 72 28 96 0* 100
1975 47 House 91 2 85 6 R 69 29 93 0* 97
1976 48 House 95 3 92 4 R 73 27 96 0 100
1977 49 House 96 4 96 2 D 30 67 98 5 100
1978 50 House 93 2 94 4 D 28 69 95 10 100
1979 51 House 97 0 94 3 D 23 74 96 0 97
1980 52 House 94 2 93 4 D 29 64 95 6 95
1981 53 House 92 7 93 5 R 67 30 98 5 100
1982 54 House 89 10 90 8 R 82 18 97 0 100
1983 55 House 96 4 92 5 R 77 22 97 5 100
1984 56 House 88 12 94 6 R 70 30 99 0 100
1985 57 House 87 7 80 15 R 88 11 95 5 100
1986 58 House 98 2 81 15 R 82 17 96 0 95
1987 59 House 91 7 84 13 R 82 18 97 0 95
1988 60 House 92 3 80 19 R 79 18 99 0 100
1989 61 House 98 2 75 22 R 81 16 97 0 88
1990 62 House 98 2 86 13 R 84 15 98 0 88
1991 63 House 100 0 85 11 R 84 14 97 0 95
1992 64 House 85 4 85 10 R 80 13 96 0 100
1993 65 House 91 7 83 14 D 23 75 98 5 100
1994 66 House 94 6 97 1 D 33 67 99 0 100
1995 67 House 94 3 95 2 D 16 84 97 0 80
1996 68 House 94 4 95 3 D 35 65 98 5 100
1997 69 House 85 5 93 3 D 29 69 96 5 80
1998 70 House 93 5 95 3 D 21 77 97 0 92
1999 71 House 93 3 D 26 70 96 0 88
2000 72 House 90 3 D 28 68 90 5 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.