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David Bowen

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 21, 1932 in Houston, MS

Education:

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1954
  • Oxford University, M.A., 1956

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1957-1958

Career:

  • Assistant professor at Mississippi College and Millsaps College, 1958-1964
  • U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity, 1966-1967
  • U.S. Chamber of Commerce, 1967-1968
  • MS coordinator of federal-state programs, 1968-1972


Election Results for David Bowen


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 39 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 8,733 14.7%
1972 39 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 1 28,091 56.9%
1972 39 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,892 61.9%
1974 41 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,202 82.0%
1974 41 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 37,909 66.1%
1976 43 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,092 63.0%
1978 45 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 48,064 74.6%
1978 45 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 57,678 61.7%
1980 47 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,750 69.6%


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



Ideology Data for David Bowen


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
1973 40 House 85 12 42 55 R 58 37 96 25 45
1974 41 House 81 12 42 52 R 64 34 91 26* 86
1975 42 House 82 11 39 54 R 53 40 93 16* 69
1976 43 House 84 9 33 61 R 51 45 90 20 59
1977 44 House 83 11 45 48 D 46 47 92 6 69
1978 45 House 87 9 32 63 D 38 61 91 15 92
1979 46 House 68 24 47 44 D 58 35 91 12 68
1980 47 House 58 26 55 26 D 69 22 83 29 29
1981 48 House 84 13 62 36 R 62 37 94 20 33
1982 49 House 58 27 62 19 R 43 30 83 53 40
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.