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Bob Bartlett

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 20, 1904 in Seattle, WA
Died: December 11, 1968 in Cleveland, OH

Education:

  • Attended University of Washington from 1922-1924, and University of Alaska from 1924-1925

Career:

  • Reporter for Fairbanks Daily News, 1925-1933
  • Secretary to Del. Anthony Dimond, 1933-1934
  • Gold miner, 1936-1939
  • AK Unemployment Compensation Commission, 1937-1939
  • Secretary of Alaska, 1939-1944
  • Alaska War Council, 1942-1944


Election Results for Bob Bartlett


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 54 AK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 38,642 100.0%
1958 54 AK D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 40,939 83.8%
1960 56 AK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 26,915 100.0%
1960 56 AK D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 38,041 63.4%
1966 62 AK D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 27,994 87.2%
1966 62 AK D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 49,289 75.5%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Bartlett


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
1959 55 Senate 27 65 86 11 R 29 61 90 69
1960 56 Senate 11 83 86 8 R 44 43 89 92
1961 57 Senate 11 78 85 4 D 74 13 89 80 0
1962 58 Senate 18 71 82 7 D 70 20 90 92 20
1963 59 Senate 23 74 82 10 D 80 12 90 59 20
1964 60 Senate 12 86 78 11 D 81 14 93 83 13
1965 61 Senate 18 79 77 19 D 71 24 92 76 36
1966 62 Senate 10 46 55 11 D 46 20 71 84 8
1967 63 Senate 29 55 71 17 D 64 21 84 55 14
1968 64 Senate 11 23 26 10 D 23 14 38 67 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.