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Herbert Bonner

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 16, 1891 in Washington, NC
Died: November 7, 1965 in Washington, DC

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Salesman
  • Farmer
  • Secretary to Rep. Lindsay Warren, 1924-1940


Election Results for Herbert Bonner


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 49 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 36,722 92.8%
1942 51 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,328 70.7%
1942 51 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 8,444 92.6%
1944 53 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 30,149 90.6%
1946 55 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,801 68.8%
1946 55 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 9,993 89.2%
1948 57 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 31,850 92.7%
1950 59 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 14,698 92.8%
1952 61 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 43,104 100.0%
1954 63 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 20,650 92.5%
1956 65 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 44,271 88.6%
1958 67 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 12,743 100.0%
1960 69 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,517 58.4%
1960 69 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 48,809 86.5%
1962 71 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 17,898 100.0%
1964 73 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 52,567 82.6%


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



Ideology Data for Herbert Bonner


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
1940 49 House 4 0 D 2
1941 50 House 83 11 D 84
1942 51 House 70 30 D 85
1943 52 House 73 17 D 84
1944 53 House 77 17 D 85
1945 54 House 76 10 D 85
1946 55 House 30 39 D 71
1947 56 House 71 21 D 83 58
1948 57 House 78 17 D 85 73
1949 58 House 50 32 D 75 42
1950 59 House 66 32 D 96 33
1951 60 House 72 24 D 87 23
1952 61 House 34 43 D 76 20
1953 62 House 66 32 R 41 82 27
1954 63 House 60 33 R 24 53 80 25
1955 64 House 52 42 R 59 39 92 20
1956 65 House 66 19 R 50 44 93 29
1957 66 House 75 24 R 33 57 92 22
1958 67 House 54 38 R 38 46 84 30
1959 68 House 73 27 87 8 R 30 63 90 44
1960 69 House 26 5 27 14 R 9 42 53 29
1961 70 House 52 39 76 16 D 68 20 87 50 33
1962 71 House 69 31 77 23 D 73 22 93 63 57
1963 72 House 53 27 69 17 D 69 18 84 75 40
1964 73 House 83 17 65 31 D 75 21 93 54 50
1965 74 House 24 0 15 12 D 20 14 26 0 78
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.