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Tom Bevill

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 27, 1921 in Townley, AL
Died: March 28, 2005 in Jasper, AL

Education:

  • University of Alabama, B.S., 1943, LL.B., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • AL House, 1958-1966


Election Results for Tom Bevill


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 43 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 23,166 37.6%
1966 45 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,323 36.5%
1966 45 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 44,127 55.6%
1966 45 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 73,987 64.4%
1968 47 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 106,132 76.1%
1970 49 AL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 115,108 87.9%
1970 49 AL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 87,797 100.0%
1972 51 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 85,730 91.7%
1972 51 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 108,039 69.6%
1974 53 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,925 99.8%
1976 55 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 90,168 80.9%
1976 55 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 141,490 80.4%
1978 57 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 112,847 93.6%
1978 57 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 87,380 100.0%
1980 59 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,365 97.9%
1982 61 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 118,595 100.0%
1984 63 AL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 76,169 88.3%
1984 63 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 120,106 100.0%
1986 65 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 132,881 77.5%
1988 67 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 131,880 96.2%
1990 69 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,872 99.7%
1992 71 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 157,907 68.5%
1994 73 AL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 119,436 98.5%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Bevill


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
1967 46 House 87 7 34 63 D 51 47 97 7 86
1968 47 House 78 12 32 56 D 44 43 83 10 68
1969 48 House 78 13 33 56 R 45 43 89 7 86
1970 49 House 68 23 47 36 R 51 40 88 19 50
1971 50 House 70 14 40 45 R 65 25 89 17 89
1972 51 House 52 24 48 27 R 54 24 79 20 43
1973 52 House 80 18 49 46 R 46 50 93 24 58
1974 53 House 66 19 44 46 R 49 38 91 14 63
1975 54 House 79 19 45 53 R 42 55 98 16* 67
1976 55 House 73 17 39 51 R 43 43 89 26 63
1977 56 House 75 19 47 49 D 54 42 95 15 65
1978 57 House 77 19 48 47 D 45 52 94 15 46
1979 58 House 84 12 53 40 D 42 50 93 33 56
1980 59 House 78 13 56 34 D 55 34 87 24 58
1981 60 House 79 11 54 42 R 54 42 94 25 42
1982 61 House 75 19 70 26 R 55 44 96 21 59
1983 62 House 80 17 62 31 R 37 54 93 58 48
1984 63 House 83 7 55 29 R 53 35 87 39 52
1985 64 House 80 15 66 22 R 54 39 91 26 53
1986 65 House 82 18 67 26 R 40 58 94 40 50
1987 66 House 74 16 71 19 R 39 46 88 39 41
1988 67 House 71 11 71 19 R 31 58 89 50 50
1989 68 House 78 22 70 28 R 52 45 98 42 39
1990 69 House 85 11 71 23 R 42 56 96 24 58
1991 70 House 92 8 73 23 R 42 55 96 35 42
1992 71 House 81 13 78 17 R 38 53 94 58 33
1993 72 House 89 7 77 18 D 82 16 95 45 38
1994 73 House 86 6 79 14 D 87 12 95 39 50
1995 74 House 91 8 59 39 D 57 42 99 55 52
1996 75 House 78 8 60 31 D 58 30 92 47 41
Lifetime conservative rating:   55%


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.