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William Armstrong

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 16, 1937 in Fremont, NE
Died: July 5, 2016 in Littleton, CO

Education:

  • Attended Tulane University in 1954-1955, and University of Minnesota in 1956

Military Service:

  • Army National Guard, 1957-1963

Career:

  • Radio station president
  • Banker

Elected Office:

  • CO House, 1963-1964
  • CO Senate, 1965-1972 (Majority leader, 1969-1972)


Election Results for William Armstrong


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 33 CO R Lt. Governor Primary 2 55,870 47.9%
1972 35 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,251 100.0%
1972 35 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,214 62.3%
1974 37 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,261 100.0%
1974 37 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,326 57.7%
1976 39 CO R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 26,405 100.0%
1976 39 CO R U.S. House District 05 General 1 126,784 66.4%
1978 41 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 108,573 73.4%
1978 41 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 480,596 58.7%
1984 47 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 105,870 100.0%
1984 47 CO R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 833,821 64.2%


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



Ideology Data for William Armstrong


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
1973 36 House 82 16 81 18 R 74 23 96 8 92
1974 37 House 74 16 78 15 R 65 29 86 10 90
1975 38 House 89 9 86 8 R 65 31 94 16* 94
1976 39 House 87 8 87 8 R 78 14 93 0 94
1977 40 House 91 6 89 7 D 30 62 93 0 100
1978 41 House 60 7 62 6 D 15 47 60 6 95
1979 42 Senate 79 8 86 6 D 32 60 93 11 91
1980 43 Senate 91 3 90 2 D 29 64 92 18 100
1981 44 Senate 88 7 88 8 R 84 13 95 5 100
1982 45 Senate 96 4 91 9 R 76 22 97 10 95
1983 46 Senate 89 5 83 12 R 60 34 93 11 92
1984 47 Senate 81 4 84 9 R 68 14 85 11 86
1985 48 Senate 78 5 87 5 R 72 12 88 0 89
1986 49 Senate 91 5 89 5 R 94 5 95 0 95
1987 50 Senate 94 6 96 3 R 81 14 95 0 100
1988 51 Senate 84 16 89 9 R 83 16 96 5 96
1989 52 Senate 82 8 90 4 R 83 12 92 0 100
1990 53 Senate 78 3 79 2 R 62 18 81 13 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.