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Ed Bryant

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 7, 1948 in Jackson, TN

Education:

  • University of Mississippi, B.A., 1970, J.D., 1972

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1970-1978

Career:

  • Instructor at U.S. Military Academy, 1977-1978
  • U.S. Attorney for Western TN, 1991-1993


Election Results for Ed Bryant


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 39 TN R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 7,252 58.0%
1988 39 TN R U.S. House District 08 General 2 56,893 37.6%
1994 45 TN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,776 34.9%
1994 45 TN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 102,587 59.2%
1996 47 TN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,756 100.0%
1996 47 TN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 136,643 64.1%
1998 49 TN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 54,936 100.0%
1998 49 TN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 91,503 99.5%
2000 51 TN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,755 99.9%
2000 51 TN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 171,056 69.6%
2002 53 TN R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 233,678 42.6%
2006 57 TN R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 161,189 33.5%


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



Ideology Data for Ed Bryant


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
1995 46 House 94 6 97 2 D 16 80 98 0 100
1996 47 House 98 2 95 4 D 35 65 99 0 100
1997 48 House 91 9 94 4 D 25 71 98 5 100
1998 49 House 98 2 95 4 D 20 79 99 0 100
1999 50 House 97 3 D 17 83 99 5 88
2000 51 House 95 3 D 24 74 97 0 96
2001 52 House 98 2 R 98 2 99 0 100
2002 53 House 93 2 R 89 11 92 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   98%


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.