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Dale Bumpers

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 12, 1925 in Charleston, AR
Died: January 1, 2016 in Little Rock, AR

Education:

  • Attended University of Arkansas
  • Northwestern University, LL.B., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Charleston city attorney, 1952-1970

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for AR House, 1962


Election Results for Dale Bumpers


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 44 AR D Governor Primary 2 86,156 20.0%
1970 44 AR D Governor Primary Runoff 1 259,780 58.7%
1970 44 AR D Governor General 1 375,648 61.7%
1972 46 AR D Governor Primary 1 330,088 66.7%
1972 46 AR D Governor General 1 488,892 75.4%
1974 48 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 380,748 65.0%
1974 48 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 461,056 84.9%
1980 54 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 477,905 59.1%
1986 60 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 433,092 62.3%
1992 66 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 322,458 64.5%
1992 66 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 553,635 60.2%


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



Ideology Data for Dale Bumpers


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
1975 49 Senate 36 55 69 20 R 46 38 87 56* 14
1976 50 Senate 27 59 67 17 R 42 51 85 70 10
1977 51 Senate 26 64 69 17 D 68 18 90 84 14
1978 52 Senate 46 42 69 21 D 70 17 86 53 29
1979 53 Senate 45 43 72 18 D 67 24 90 63 28
1980 54 Senate 42 47 66 20 D 69 19 88 59 21
1981 55 Senate 20 69 81 8 R 39 52 90 100 13
1982 56 Senate 20 74 86 11 R 30 63 94 85 22
1983 57 Senate 41 45 85 10 R 32 56 91 79 17
1984 58 Senate 45 51 76 14 R 36 53 90 78 18
1985 59 Senate 52 45 79 17 R 32 62 97 70 14
1986 60 Senate 49 47 77 20 R 39 59 96 70 24
1987 61 Senate 38 59 89 11 R 38 58 97 85 8
1988 62 Senate 41 57 84 7 R 44 50 93 80 12
1989 63 Senate 26 71 87 12 R 50 50 99 90 24
1990 64 Senate 57 43 84 14 R 35 62 98 72 23
1991 65 Senate 70 30 82 16 R 40 59 99 70 24
1992 66 Senate 71 29 69 29 R 28 72 97 90 15
1993 67 Senate 44 54 89 10 D 91 8 98 80 8
1994 68 Senate 63 38 85 14 D 95 5 99 84 4
1995 69 Senate 33 61 90 7 D 87 11 97 89 4
1996 70 Senate 18 68 83 8 D 71 10 92 94 0
1997 71 Senate 28 72 92 8 D 86 14 100 95 4
1998 72 Senate 25 75 95 5 D 85 13 98 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   15%


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.