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Bill Boner

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 14, 1945 in Nashville, TN

Education:

  • Middle Tennessee State University, B.S., 1967
  • George Peabody College, M.A., 1969
  • YMCA Night Law School, J.D., 1978

Career:

  • Banker, 1972-1976
  • Law clerk, 1976-1977

Elected Office:

  • TN House, 1970-1972, 1974-1976
  • TN Senate, 1976-1978
  • Resigned from Congress on October 5, 1987
  • Mayor of Nashville, 1987-1991


Election Results for Bill Boner


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 33 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,987 52.9%
1978 33 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,608 51.4%
1980 35 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 118,506 65.4%
1982 37 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 63,293 88.3%
1982 37 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 109,282 80.1%
1984 39 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 138,233 100.0%
1986 41 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 58,922 58.0%
1986 41 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,126 57.9%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Boner


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
1979 34 House 60 38 73 25 D 65 33 97 63 26
1980 35 House 73 22 62 33 D 58 34 93 41 47
1981 36 House 75 17 57 34 R 57 38 94 37 45
1982 37 House 60 32 72 21 R 40 42 88 42 47
1983 38 House 61 31 67 20 R 44 51 89 50 32
1984 39 House 66 22 65 19 R 39 40 81 55 29
1985 40 House 71 25 81 16 R 44 54 95 40 32
1986 41 House 60 26 70 15 R 30 61 84 63 30
1987 42 House 31 3 35 6 R 17 36 40 83 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   31%


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.