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Alan Bible

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 20, 1909 in Lovelock, NV
Died: September 12, 1988 in Auburn, CA

Education:

  • University of Nevada-Reno, B.A., 1930
  • Georgetown University, LL.B., 1934

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Storey County district attorney, 1935-1938

Elected Office:

  • NV Attorney General, 1938-1950


Election Results for Alan Bible


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 42 NV D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 15,439 49.2%
1954 44 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 45,043 58.1%
1956 46 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 26,784 68.2%
1956 46 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 50,677 52.6%
1962 52 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 38,556 76.2%
1962 52 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 63,443 65.3%
1968 58 NV D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 83,622 54.8%


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



Ideology Data for Alan Bible


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
1955 45 Senate 73 23 R 65 27 93 11
1956 46 Senate 75 19 R 34 62 94 64
1957 47 Senate 79 11 R 49 40 93 25
1958 48 Senate 75 16 R 52 43 93 42
1959 49 Senate 62 27 64 23 R 38 51 88 38
1960 50 Senate 50 50 74 16 R 47 49 92 58
1961 51 Senate 46 52 79 18 D 71 27 97 60 29
1962 52 Senate 56 18 65 15 D 58 18 69 40 54
1963 53 Senate 39 53 79 10 D 65 25 89 53 25
1964 54 Senate 53 43 68 28 D 73 22 97 26 25
1965 55 Senate 52 44 65 29 D 70 25 95 47 47
1966 56 Senate 53 43 61 26 D 58 34 90 42 37
1967 57 Senate 68 25 69 26 D 68 24 90 25 79
1968 58 Senate 47 29 52 27 D 39 37 73 17 68
1969 59 Senate 77 19 51 38 R 47 38 89 33 47
1970 60 Senate 69 23 46 46 R 63 29 90 5 80
1971 61 Senate 78 17 58 35 R 52 33 93 35 56
1972 62 Senate 52 42 64 29 R 57 37 94 35 60
1973 63 Senate 42 55 71 22 R 39 53 92 60 36
1974 64 Senate 52 42 60 32 R 40 58 88 38* 47
Lifetime conservative rating:   49%


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.