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Bill Burlison

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 15, 1933 in Wardell, MO
Died: March 17, 2019 in Wardell, MO

Education:

  • SE Missouri State University, B.A, 1953, B.S., 1959
  • University of Missouri, M.Ed. & LL.B., 1956

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MO Attorney General, 1960-1962
  • Cape Girardeau County prosector, 3 terms

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for MD House, 1986, 1990
  • Candidate for MO House, 2008, 2010, 2014


Election Results for Bill Burlison


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 35 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 19,826 31.4%
1968 35 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 78,326 54.0%
1970 37 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 38,046 100.0%
1970 37 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 62,764 56.0%
1972 39 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 56,894 76.1%
1972 39 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 106,301 64.3%
1974 41 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 44,801 80.0%
1974 41 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 77,677 72.8%
1976 43 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 71,213 69.9%
1976 43 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 131,675 72.1%
1978 45 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 49,539 64.4%
1978 45 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 99,148 65.3%
1980 47 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 50,728 57.7%
1980 47 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 2 94,465 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Burlison


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
1969 36 House 53 44 60 38 R 51 49 99 53 60
1970 37 House 52 32 53 35 R 51 35 86 44 33
1971 38 House 49 45 69 27 R 47 53 95 51 25
1972 39 House 60 39 53 46 R 43 46 94 44 56
1973 40 House 53 45 67 31 R 45 54 99 60 16
1974 41 House 55 41 64 32 R 57 40 96 39* 24
1975 42 House 49 51 70 30 R 44 56 99 53* 46
1976 43 House 48 50 67 31 R 45 49 96 50 26
1977 44 House 33 67 84 14 D 80 16 98 42 16
1978 45 House 26 70 84 14 D 73 24 97 45 21
1979 46 House 33 63 81 12 D 87 12 96 72 3
1980 47 House 44 49 76 19 D 73 18 92 44 21
Lifetime conservative rating:   25%


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.