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Robin Beard

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 21, 1939 in Knovxille, TN
Died: June 16, 2007 in Charleston, SC

Education:

  • Vanderbilt University, B.A., 1961

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1962-1965
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Career:

  • TN commissioner of personnel, 1970-1972
  • Assistant NATO Secretary for Defense Support, 1984-1987


Election Results for Robin Beard


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 32 TN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 13,499 76.9%
1972 32 TN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 77,263 55.3%
1974 34 TN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 76,928 56.7%
1976 36 TN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,905 64.5%
1978 38 TN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 114,630 74.6%
1980 40 TN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 127,945 99.6%
1982 42 TN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 205,271 91.4%
1982 42 TN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 479,642 38.1%


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



Ideology Data for Robin Beard


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 33 House 92 3 81 15 R 63 29 92 0 96
1974 34 House 89 1 79 7 R 66 30 88 0* 100
1975 35 House 90 2 88 6 R 65 31 92 0* 97
1976 36 House 94 2 88 7 R 82 18 93 5 94
1977 37 House 90 2 83 10 D 30 56 91 0 100
1978 38 House 85 4 79 10 D 28 64 85 5 92
1979 39 House 82 3 74 14 D 37 50 87 6 81
1980 40 House 83 4 80 9 D 32 56 86 19 67
1981 41 House 75 4 71 10 R 67 17 76 0 100
1982 42 House 67 3 59 8 R 49 14 66 7 94
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.