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William Bray

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 17, 1903 in Mooresville, IN
Died: June 4, 1979 in Martinsville, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University, LL.B., 1927

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Morgan County prosecutor, 1926-1930


Election Results for William Bray


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 47 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 68,885 50.0%
1952 49 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 85,601 56.1%
1954 51 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 75,608 55.4%
1956 53 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 87,635 57.2%
1958 55 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,388 92.9%
1958 55 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 77,045 53.8%
1960 57 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 95,998 60.1%
1962 59 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 82,160 57.8%
1964 61 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,542 90.5%
1964 61 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 84,427 54.2%
1966 63 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 53,894 93.1%
1966 63 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 124,087 65.7%
1968 65 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 60,688 94.6%
1968 65 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 142,207 64.9%
1970 67 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 40,285 88.0%
1970 67 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 115,113 60.7%
1972 69 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,525 64.8%
1974 71 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,152 88.5%
1974 71 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 2 71,134 47.6%


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



Ideology Data for William Bray


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
1951 48 House 79 13 D 90 25
1952 49 House 73 27 D 96 46
1953 50 House 66 21 R 74 90 45
1954 51 House 60 37 R 74 26 99 44
1955 52 House 58 39 R 49 49 97 33
1956 53 House 66 34 R 68 29 97 29
1957 54 House 54 32 R 43 38 82 11
1958 55 House 57 43 R 54 46 100 33
1959 56 House 82 18 67 27 R 46 41 91 33
1960 57 House 42 53 61 33 R 42 53 95 25
1961 58 House 78 22 76 21 D 43 55 98 20 73
1962 59 House 81 19 81 12 D 42 53 95 13 67
1963 60 House 67 20 69 12 D 34 52 88 25 87
1964 61 House 92 8 82 11 D 35 63 90 8 87
1965 62 House 75 0 76 3 D 28 58 81 0 100
1966 63 House 76 0 79 3 D 31 54 80 0 100
1967 64 House 89 2 88 3 D 38 48 85 7 100
1968 65 House 92 4 87 5 D 45 45 89 0 100
1969 66 House 96 2 75 15 R 55 34 92 0 87
1970 67 House 66 7 60 11 R 58 18 74 0 71
1971 68 House 89 3 79 12 R 84 7 85 3 100
1972 69 House 90 4 82 8 R 59 35 92 0 70
1973 70 House 86 8 80 13 R 72 22 93 0 82
1974 71 House 88 12 80 18 R 72 28 98 0* 76
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.