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Bill Brock

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 23, 1930 in Chattanooga, TN
Died: March 25, 2021 in Annapolis, MD

Education:

  • Washington & Lee University, 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1953-1956

Career:

  • VP/director, Brock Candy Co.
  • Chairman of RNC, 1977-1981
  • U.S. Trade Representative, 1981-1985
  • U.S. Secretary of Labor, 1985-1987


Election Results for Bill Brock


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 31 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 47,604 51.1%
1964 33 TN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,672 100.0%
1964 33 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,005 54.6%
1966 35 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 67,705 64.2%
1968 37 TN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 76,390 57.0%
1970 39 TN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 176,703 74.9%
1970 39 TN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 562,645 51.3%
1976 45 TN R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 673,231 47.0%
1994 63 MD R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 82,223 37.8%
1994 63 MD R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 559,908 40.9%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Brock


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
1963 32 House 80 13 83 9 D 27 63 88 0 93
1964 33 House 75 17 77 10 D 25 60 81 15 87
1965 34 House 86 6 72 10 D 32 51 81 0 100
1966 35 House 92 0 76 10 D 31 51 82 0 88
1967 36 House 76 9 80 7 D 38 49 80 14 77
1968 37 House 82 2 72 10 D 47 40 82 0 83
1969 38 House 56 18 60 15 R 57 21 70 8 82
1970 39 House 55 0 43 13 R 45 5 40 8 71
1971 40 Senate 78 5 68 7 R 65 16 76 0 100
1972 41 Senate 73 5 72 8 R 83 7 78 0 78
1973 42 Senate 85 5 78 10 R 68 16 85 20 83
1974 43 Senate 89 4 78 10 R 72 19 87 14* 75
1975 44 Senate 86 9 83 9 R 68 14 89 24 77
1976 45 Senate 67 7 69 11 R 42 19 71 25 86
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.