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Herb Bateman

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 7, 1928 in Perquimans County, NC
Died: September 11, 2000 in Leesburg, VA

Education:

  • College of William and Mary, B.A., 1949
  • Georgetown University, LL.B., 1956

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1951-1953

Career:

  • School teacher, 1949-1951
  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1956-1957

Elected Office:

  • VA Senate, 1968-1983


Election Results for Herb Bateman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 53 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,926 53.9%
1984 55 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,085 59.1%
1986 57 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,713 56.0%
1988 59 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,937 73.3%
1990 61 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 72,000 51.0%
1992 63 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 133,537 57.5%
1994 65 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 142,930 74.3%
1996 67 VA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,548 79.7%
1996 67 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 163,574 99.0%
1998 69 VA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,474 76.4%


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



Ideology Data for Herb Bateman


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
1983 54 House 85 13 81 17 R 87 10 95 0 90
1984 55 House 90 3 71 26 R 71 27 97 0 80
1985 56 House 89 11 67 30 R 69 31 97 10 68
1986 57 House 88 12 64 35 R 69 29 97 0 68
1987 58 House 91 9 63 34 R 64 34 98 12 74
1988 59 House 92 5 68 29 R 64 35 98 20 84
1989 60 House 90 2 61 31 R 74 21 90 0 81
1990 61 House 96 4 63 33 R 69 31 98 6 83
1991 62 House 86 11 69 26 R 82 17 96 10 80
1992 63 House 83 17 70 28 R 81 17 97 10 83
1993 64 House 93 7 70 25 D 50 46 94 5 92
1994 65 House 86 14 67 30 D 60 40 97 11 90
1995 66 House 78 1 80 6 D 20 63 86 6 62
1996 67 House 94 4 89 9 D 39 57 98 15 85
1997 68 House 95 2 87 12 D 35 64 98 15 64
1998 69 House 81 2 77 6 D 21 57 81 6 86
1999 70 House 90 10 D 30 70 98 20 76
2000 71 House 68 11 D 24 58 91 6 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   79%


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.