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Alphonzo Bell

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 19, 1914 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: April 25, 2004 in Santa Monica, CA

Education:

  • Occidental College, 1938

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Rancher
  • Businessman
  • Petroleum company president, 1947-1960


Election Results for Alphonzo Bell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 45 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 33,551 56.5%
1960 45 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 83,601 55.4%
1962 47 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 91,130 90.4%
1962 47 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 162,233 64.0%
1964 49 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 112,705 93.3%
1964 49 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 205,473 65.6%
1966 51 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 86,762 73.6%
1966 51 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 211,404 72.3%
1968 53 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 82,836 92.0%
1968 53 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 173,680 71.3%
1970 55 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 46,160 50.9%
1970 55 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 154,691 69.3%
1972 57 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 65,263 100.0%
1972 57 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 144,815 60.7%
1974 59 CA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 46,082 81.7%
1974 59 CA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 102,663 63.9%
1976 61 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 3 532,969 23.0%


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



Ideology Data for Alphonzo Bell


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
1961 46 House 78 4 79 9 D 38 54 84 0 92
1962 47 House 63 19 77 12 D 40 48 84 25 77
1963 48 House 80 13 74 22 D 46 51 95 17 81
1964 49 House 42 58 65 27 D 50 40 90 18 67
1965 50 House 51 49 52 38 D 58 33 92 32 71
1966 51 House 38 51 46 39 D 51 30 86 41 44
1967 52 House 52 30 40 30 D 53 25 74 36 54
1968 53 House 18 43 23 39 D 58 10 62 44 35
1969 54 House 38 27 44 31 R 47 21 70 33 36
1970 55 House 43 25 44 24 R 62 6 71 38 50
1971 56 House 57 23 55 26 R 79 12 76 28 50
1972 57 House 20 32 24 24 R 35 5 47 63 0
1973 58 House 35 39 36 37 R 40 35 69 53 26
1974 59 House 33 45 39 41 R 53 29 81 40 84
1975 60 House 57 13 53 17 R 52 22 68 17* 71
1976 61 House 38 15 41 15 R 47 16 50 20 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.