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Herbert Burke

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 14, 1913 in Chicago, IL
Died: June 16, 1993 in Altamonte Springs, FL

Education:

  • Kent College of Law, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945 (awarded the Purple Heart, Bronze Star, the European Theater Medal, and the American Theater Ribbon)

Elected Office:

  • Broward County commissioner, 1952-1966


Election Results for Herbert Burke


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1955 42 FL R U.S. House District 06 Special 2 21,376 41.3%
1966 53 FL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 9,112 39.4%
1966 53 FL R U.S. House District 10 Primary Runoff 1 11,203 50.6%
1966 53 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 80,989 60.6%
1968 55 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 99,844 54.9%
1970 57 FL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,144 61.5%
1970 57 FL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 81,170 54.1%
1972 59 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 110,750 62.8%
1974 61 FL R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 15,593 74.7%
1974 61 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 61,191 51.0%
1976 63 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 107,268 53.9%
1978 65 FL R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 16,675 58.3%
1978 65 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 2 66,610 38.4%


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



Ideology Data for Herbert Burke


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
1967 54 House 94 2 90 3 D 37 57 95 7 93
1968 55 House 78 2 78 1 D 35 46 80 0 100
1969 56 House 89 2 75 18 R 45 55 96 7 86
1970 57 House 66 9 68 8 R 55 25 100 6 67
1971 58 House 78 11 81 13 R 72 23 94 13 100
1972 59 House 68 10 69 15 R 46 24 80 15 89
1973 60 House 81 15 69 21 R 60 29 88 13 75
1974 61 House 65 20 60 20 R 55 32 85 9* 55
1975 62 House 56 12 53 18 R 43 28 68 24 88
1976 63 House 78 15 71 21 R 63 31 91 21 82
1977 64 House 83 11 80 15 D 33 56 94 5 92
1978 65 House 74 11 66 17 D 28 47 82 10 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   84%


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.