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Joel Broyhill

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 4, 1919 in Hopewell, VA
Died: September 24, 2006 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Attended George Washington University, 1939-1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945 (taken prisoner in the Battle of the Bulge but later escaped)

Career:

  • Associated with M.T. Broyhill & Sons building business from 1945


Election Results for Joel Broyhill


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 32 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 33,152 50.2%
1954 34 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 29,221 53.7%
1956 36 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 53,149 56.2%
1958 38 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 37,764 52.3%
1960 40 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 64,408 55.0%
1962 42 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 49,611 55.4%
1964 44 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 80,370 50.7%
1966 46 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 58,105 58.3%
1968 48 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 97,465 59.8%
1970 50 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 67,650 54.4%
1972 52 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 101,138 56.3%
1974 54 VA R U.S. House District 10 General 2 56,649 45.2%


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



Ideology Data for Joel Broyhill


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
1953 33 House 76 24 R 82 100 9
1954 34 House 90 7 R 84 16 92 25
1955 35 House 58 42 R 80 15 96 60
1956 36 House 81 16 R 85 12 97 43
1957 37 House 63 36 R 47 53 99 22
1958 38 House 78 22 R 68 32 97 33
1959 39 House 100 0 56 23 R 50 24 77 11
1960 40 House 95 5 78 20 R 58 40 99 11
1961 41 House 83 9 72 24 D 35 57 94 0 77
1962 42 House 81 19 79 21 D 48 50 96 13 71
1963 43 House 93 7 77 19 D 37 58 90 8 80
1964 44 House 92 8 84 11 D 38 62 94 0 88
1965 45 House 94 4 81 16 D 42 51 95 0 82
1966 46 House 81 3 68 21 D 46 50 92 0 96
1967 47 House 93 6 83 16 D 39 54 94 0 100
1968 48 House 84 8 76 18 D 51 41 91 8 87
1969 49 House 89 11 64 29 R 49 40 92 0 73
1970 50 House 86 5 63 31 R 69 25 92 0 71
1971 51 House 70 12 63 21 R 70 19 86 19 94
1972 52 House 82 5 72 15 R 57 38 92 7 80
1973 53 House 85 10 81 16 R 70 26 93 0 82
1974 54 House 81 9 69 15 R 68 28 86 10 75
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.