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Bob Casey

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 27, 1915 in Joplin, MO
Died: April 17, 1986 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Houston and South Texas School of Law, 1934-1940

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Alvin city attorney, 1942-1943
  • Harris County judge, 1950-1958
  • Appointed to Federal Maritime Commission in January, 1976

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1948-1950
  • Resigned from Congress on January 22, 1976


Election Results for Bob Casey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 42 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 44,635 66.4%
1958 42 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 43,660 61.7%
1960 44 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 109,418 58.3%
1962 46 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 58,096 68.5%
1962 46 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 73,141 53.5%
1964 48 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 136,289 58.1%
1966 50 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 29,331 54.6%
1966 50 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 60,817 100.0%
1968 52 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 45,126 65.4%
1968 52 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 101,498 62.4%
1970 54 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 39,679 69.4%
1970 54 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 73,514 55.6%
1972 56 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 51,040 68.2%
1972 56 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 101,786 70.2%
1974 58 TX D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 32,524 66.5%
1974 58 TX D U.S. House District 22 General 1 47,783 69.5%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Casey


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
1959 43 House 82 9 50 29 R 42 44 83 22
1960 44 House 32 68 82 18 R 42 58 100 33
1961 45 House 78 22 45 50 D 42 57 94 20 67
1962 46 House 94 0 37 56 D 33 55 87 13 86
1963 47 House 60 13 38 46 D 39 39 83 20 83
1964 48 House 75 25 47 48 D 46 48 88 15 75
1965 49 House 76 8 34 48 D 53 40 83 5 82
1966 50 House 62 27 56 30 D 61 24 87 31 52
1967 51 House 69 26 55 34 D 67 25 89 20 69
1968 52 House 73 12 40 45 D 57 27 83 17 65
1969 53 House 82 7 31 55 R 60 34 90 8 71
1970 54 House 79 12 45 48 R 59 31 85 11 61
1971 55 House 84 11 39 50 R 72 23 87 8 90
1972 56 House 82 16 39 56 R 59 38 96 6 60
1973 57 House 86 12 42 58 R 58 42 97 12 67
1974 58 House 93 6 37 63 R 72 26 98 4* 71
1975 59 House 80 9 33 58 R 57 40 90 11* 71
1976 60 House 1 0 R 0 0 2 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   71%


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.