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Dan Burton

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 21, 1938 in Indianapolis, IN

Education:

  • Attended Cincinnati Bible College, 1959-1960

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army and reserve, 1958-1962

Career:

  • Insurance businessman

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1967-1968, 1977-1980
  • IN Senate, 1969-1970, 1981-1982


Election Results for Dan Burton


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 32 IN R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 11,970 75.2%
1970 32 IN R U.S. House District 11 General 2 50,990 41.7%
1972 34 IN R U.S. House District 11 Primary 2 21,744 45.9%
1982 44 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,640 32.8%
1982 44 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 131,100 64.9%
1984 46 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 61,151 100.0%
1984 46 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 178,814 72.7%
1986 48 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 47,672 93.2%
1986 48 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 118,363 68.4%
1988 50 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 62,253 100.0%
1988 50 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 192,064 72.9%
1990 52 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 60,911 100.0%
1990 52 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,470 63.5%
1992 54 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 64,128 80.5%
1992 54 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 186,499 72.2%
1994 56 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 61,147 87.2%
1994 56 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 136,876 77.0%
1996 58 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 77,069 100.0%
1996 58 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 194,224 75.0%
1998 60 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 56,793 83.9%
1998 60 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 135,250 72.0%
2000 62 IN R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 54,399 79.4%
2000 62 IN R U.S. House District 06 General 1 199,207 70.3%
2002 64 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 65,022 83.8%
2002 64 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 129,442 72.0%
2004 66 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 83,136 86.4%
2004 66 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 228,718 71.8%
2006 68 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 61,150 83.9%
2006 68 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 133,118 65.0%
2008 70 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,682 51.8%
2008 70 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 234,705 65.5%
2010 72 IN R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 32,769 29.7%
2010 72 IN R U.S. House District 05 General 1 146,899 62.1%


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



Ideology Data for Dan Burton


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
1983 45 House 93 6 92 4 R 83 16 95 15 91
1984 46 House 90 5 93 3 R 73 20 95 0 86
1985 47 House 100 0 94 2 R 80 16 95 5 100
1986 48 House 96 4 94 4 R 81 18 97 5 100
1987 49 House 93 7 93 3 R 76 19 95 8 100
1988 50 House 95 0 96 2 R 84 16 98 0 100
1989 51 House 85 7 85 6 R 60 28 92 5 96
1990 52 House 94 2 95 2 R 77 22 97 11 96
1991 53 House 97 3 92 6 R 75 23 98 5 100
1992 54 House 85 10 94 4 R 75 23 98 11 100
1993 55 House 91 9 97 2 D 25 74 99 10 100
1994 56 House 94 3 97 1 D 28 71 97 0 100
1995 57 House 96 2 96 2 D 17 83 98 0 100
1996 58 House 94 6 95 4 D 35 65 98 11 100
1997 59 House 93 7 92 5 D 25 73 97 5 96
1998 60 House 93 5 86 6 D 20 72 92 7 96
1999 61 House 90 5 D 15 81 94 5 96
2000 62 House 92 2 D 16 82 99 5 92
2001 63 House 91 2 R 77 12 86 5 100
2002 64 House 79 2 R 71 11 76 0 100
2003 65 House 85 5 R 78 13 91 21 96
2004 66 House 90 4 R 76 21 91 0 100
2005 67 House 94 3 R 85 13 97 0 96
2006 68 House 87 4 R 82 5 89 0 87
2007 69 House 96 2 R 84 15 98 10 96
2008 70 House 91 1 R 76 23 93 11 100
2009 71 House 97 2 D 19 81 99 5 96
2010 72 House 94 2 D 27 73 96 0 100
2011 73 House 92 3 D 14 81 94 0 92
2012 74 House 86 1 D 8 76 85 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.