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William Bates

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 26, 1917 in Salem, MA
Died: June 22, 1969 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Brown University, 1940
  • Harvard University Business School, 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1940-1950

Other notes:

  • Son of George Bates


Election Results for William Bates


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 33 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,003 93.7%
1950 33 MA R U.S. House District 06 Special Primary 1 26,536 86.2%
1950 33 MA R U.S. House District 06 Special 1 43,947 72.8%
1950 33 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 94,162 73.7%
1952 35 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 38,743 100.0%
1952 35 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 139,657 95.1%
1954 37 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,211 100.0%
1954 37 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 91,916 71.2%
1956 39 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,361 100.0%
1956 39 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 131,310 100.0%
1958 41 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,275 100.0%
1958 41 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,807 100.0%
1960 43 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,900 99.9%
1960 43 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,835 65.9%
1962 45 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 52,657 100.0%
1962 45 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 113,104 56.2%
1964 47 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,616 100.0%
1964 47 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 141,733 64.6%
1966 49 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,312 100.0%
1966 49 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 127,744 65.7%
1968 51 MA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,117 99.7%
1968 51 MA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 136,951 66.1%


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



Ideology Data for William Bates


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
1949 32 House 2 0 D 1 0
1950 33 House 73 11 D 79 9
1951 34 House 76 18 D 95 8
1952 35 House 80 20 D 100 15
1953 36 House 84 8 R 94 89 40
1954 37 House 97 3 R 76 24 100 11
1955 38 House 87 13 R 78 22 100 20
1956 39 House 75 25 R 82 15 99 57
1957 40 House 83 15 R 65 35 98 56
1958 41 House 84 16 R 62 38 100 8
1959 42 House 100 0 92 8 R 85 15 99 22
1960 43 House 84 16 84 14 R 70 28 97 33
1961 44 House 61 26 72 26 D 55 42 96 40 38
1962 45 House 50 44 58 32 D 70 22 92 38 60
1963 46 House 60 27 53 38 D 52 38 91 42 85
1964 47 House 50 50 68 27 D 58 35 96 15 73
1965 48 House 71 29 63 30 D 56 38 92 5 88
1966 49 House 68 30 73 24 D 49 44 95 18 65
1967 50 House 59 19 65 21 D 46 36 81 27 54
1968 51 House 57 39 67 30 D 70 27 97 25 74
1969 52 House 9 4 R 4 0 6 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   68%


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.