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William Broomfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 28, 1922 in Royal Oak, MI
Died: February 20, 2019 in Kensington, MD

Education:

  • Attended Michigan State University

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, World War II

Career:

  • Real estate/insurance businessman

Elected Office:

  • MI House, 1949-1954
  • MI Senate, 1955-1956


Election Results for William Broomfield


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 34 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 19,886 49.7%
1956 34 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 141,058 56.7%
1958 36 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 17,132 89.1%
1958 36 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 101,100 52.6%
1960 38 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 33,504 100.0%
1960 38 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 163,233 55.8%
1962 40 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 32,208 100.0%
1962 40 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 149,863 59.6%
1964 42 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 39,143 93.3%
1964 42 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 109,777 59.5%
1966 44 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 27,180 100.0%
1966 44 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 102,501 67.8%
1968 46 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 32,113 100.0%
1968 46 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 124,025 59.9%
1970 48 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 36,933 100.0%
1970 48 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 113,309 64.6%
1972 50 MI R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 26,720 58.7%
1972 50 MI R U.S. House District 19 General 1 123,697 70.4%
1974 52 MI R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 22,408 100.0%
1974 52 MI R U.S. House District 19 General 1 86,846 62.9%
1976 54 MI R U.S. House District 19 General 1 131,799 66.7%
1978 56 MI R U.S. House District 19 General 1 117,122 71.3%
1980 58 MI R U.S. House District 19 General 1 168,530 72.7%
1982 60 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 52,264 88.0%
1982 60 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 132,902 73.3%
1984 62 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 186,505 79.4%
1986 64 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 110,099 73.8%
1988 66 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 195,579 76.0%
1990 68 MI R U.S. House District 18 Primary 1 42,383 100.0%
1990 68 MI R U.S. House District 18 General 1 126,629 66.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Broomfield


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
1957 35 House 73 22 R 80 17 95 78
1958 36 House 62 38 R 80 18 97 50
1959 37 House 91 9 87 12 R 76 19 97 33
1960 38 House 53 47 69 29 R 72 28 97 56
1961 39 House 78 22 76 17 D 45 48 92 20 53
1962 40 House 44 50 63 30 D 62 32 92 38 57
1963 41 House 53 47 64 24 D 48 42 91 33 69
1964 42 House 33 58 50 39 D 56 37 85 50 56
1965 43 House 61 35 62 29 D 54 39 92 26 71
1966 44 House 65 19 71 16 D 40 44 82 12 69
1967 45 House 30 9 39 11 D 29 18 45 29 50
1968 46 House 53 33 50 27 D 64 21 79 42 61
1969 47 House 62 33 55 35 R 64 26 87 13 53
1970 48 House 45 27 56 21 R 66 22 79 43 40
1971 49 House 67 32 65 31 R 72 26 93 22 55
1972 50 House 54 5 45 8 R 54 11 61 9 78
1973 51 House 68 23 67 26 R 65 29 92 23 55
1974 52 House 65 21 59 27 R 66 28 88 22* 52
1975 53 House 73 18 67 21 R 67 19 87 12 73
1976 54 House 69 18 65 23 R 65 24 88 16 82
1977 55 House 77 17 75 18 D 52 44 94 15 76
1978 56 House 74 14 76 16 D 36 50 89 10 83
1979 57 House 78 17 73 22 D 45 51 94 16 87
1980 58 House 74 20 79 15 D 45 49 94 11 67
1981 59 House 73 24 77 19 R 63 26 93 21 75
1982 60 House 82 12 72 20 R 65 26 88 10 67
1983 61 House 80 16 77 16 R 77 18 92 5 86
1984 62 House 90 10 78 17 R 61 31 94 5 70
1985 63 House 84 13 67 28 R 73 24 94 5 83
1986 64 House 72 26 69 23 R 70 29 92 5 73
1987 65 House 84 14 71 27 R 69 30 97 0 96
1988 66 House 84 11 67 20 R 58 35 89 30 84
1989 67 House 78 17 62 33 R 74 20 94 21 88
1990 68 House 80 19 76 19 R 72 26 95 17 83
1991 69 House 86 14 75 19 R 83 14 96 15 84
1992 70 House 63 6 62 18 R 60 18 82 12 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.