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Richard Bolling

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 17, 1916 in New York City, NY
Died: April 21, 1991 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of the South, B.A., 1937, M.A., 1939

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946 (served in Japan as assistant to chief of staff to General MacArthur and was awarded the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal)

Career:

  • Schoolteacher/administrator
  • Veterans' adviser, University of Kansas City, 1946-1947


Election Results for Richard Bolling


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 32 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 14,801 46.6%
1948 32 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 59,961 55.9%
1950 34 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,810 73.5%
1950 34 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 45,762 54.5%
1952 36 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 59,367 91.4%
1952 36 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 90,357 56.0%
1954 38 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,312 100.0%
1954 38 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 50,874 58.9%
1956 40 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 39,439 100.0%
1956 40 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 77,287 57.2%
1958 42 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 25,262 85.2%
1958 42 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 53,622 70.0%
1960 44 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,536 100.0%
1960 44 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 74,834 61.0%
1962 46 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 32,343 93.0%
1962 46 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 54,166 58.9%
1964 48 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,490 66.2%
1964 48 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 91,721 67.9%
1966 50 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 52,851 100.0%
1966 50 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 46,674 61.2%
1968 52 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,425 87.2%
1968 52 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,681 65.4%
1970 54 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,598 100.0%
1970 54 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 51,668 61.3%
1972 56 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 48,394 100.0%
1972 56 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,812 62.8%
1974 58 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 35,444 82.7%
1974 58 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 57,081 69.1%
1976 60 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 48,510 71.7%
1976 60 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 100,876 68.0%
1978 62 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 37,670 77.5%
1978 62 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 82,140 72.0%
1980 64 MO D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,656 81.7%
1980 64 MO D U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,957 70.1%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Bolling


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 33 House 92 3 D 98 100
1950 34 House 88 7 D 90 93
1951 35 House 93 3 D 89 100
1952 36 House 95 0 D 90 100
1953 37 House 76 13 R 60 83 100
1954 38 House 83 10 R 50 39 84 100
1955 39 House 97 0 R 66 27 95 100
1956 40 House 91 6 R 68 32 99 100
1957 41 House 86 7 R 68 27 93 100
1958 42 House 81 8 R 74 24 91 100
1959 43 House 0 100 79 0 R 43 44 85 100
1960 44 House 5 95 82 4 R 58 33 84 100
1961 45 House 13 78 90 3 D 94 0 92 100 0
1962 46 House 6 75 79 2 D 72 3 66 88 9
1963 47 House 0 67 74 0 D 77 0 67 100 0
1964 48 House 8 83 68 2 D 63 4 63 100 8
1965 49 House 2 94 81 1 D 68 3 73 89 6
1966 50 House 0 68 45 5 D 41 5 48 100 7
1967 51 House 4 72 72 2 D 67 6 75 92 0
1968 52 House 8 65 72 4 D 76 6 78 100 5
1969 53 House 9 69 64 5 R 49 23 71 85 8
1970 54 House 9 50 56 14 R 40 28 67 91 17
1971 55 House 21 71 78 10 R 53 46 88 69 17
1972 56 House 18 67 70 15 R 46 41 82 80 25
1973 57 House 18 52 62 14 R 38 43 74 65 5
1974 58 House 20 69 74 13 R 55 36 87 70* 5
1975 59 House 25 70 85 9 R 49 46 94 79* 8
1976 60 House 13 68 79 5 R 20 67 81 88 0
1977 61 House 5 71 73 1 D 68 11 70 83 4
1978 62 House 12 70 75 8 D 74 8 80 72 0
1979 63 House 8 45 56 2 D 41 4 51 83 8
1980 64 House 14 77 86 4 D 82 8 87 76 6
1981 65 House 12 47 50 7 R 20 38 53 100 0
1982 66 House 15 29 42 6 R 18 23 40 80 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.