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Bill Chappell

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 3, 1922 in Kendrick, FL
Died: March 30, 1989 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • University of Florida, B.A., 1947, LL.B., 1949, J.D., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy aviator, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Navy Reserve, 1946-1983

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Marion County prosecutor, 1950-1954

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1954-1964, 1967-1969 (Speaker, 1961-1963)


Election Results for Bill Chappell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 46 FL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 39,801 53.9%
1968 46 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 86,251 52.8%
1970 48 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 75,673 57.8%
1972 50 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 92,541 55.9%
1974 52 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,720 68.2%
1976 54 FL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 55,511 66.9%
1976 54 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1978 56 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 133,302 76.2%
1980 58 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 147,775 65.8%
1982 60 FL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 33,163 47.5%
1982 60 FL D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 32,478 53.9%
1982 60 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,895 66.9%
1984 62 FL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,959 62.7%
1984 62 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,694 64.8%
1986 64 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 66 FL D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,408 70.1%
1988 66 FL D U.S. House District 04 General 2 124,817 49.8%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Chappell


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 47 House 91 0 22 64 R 38 43 80 7 100
1970 48 House 80 7 33 53 R 51 45 88 6 78
1971 49 House 79 5 26 59 R 63 23 83 10 94
1972 50 House 91 4 19 76 R 51 38 83 0 89
1973 51 House 86 10 41 56 R 53 39 93 8 78
1974 52 House 74 13 34 54 R 58 28 89 9* 76
1975 53 House 79 10 33 54 R 49 40 88 6 75
1976 54 House 74 7 28 51 R 43 39 78 5 88
1977 55 House 83 8 29 58 D 38 44 85 5 84
1978 56 House 77 12 30 57 D 25 52 85 5 88
1979 57 House 78 8 30 56 D 30 61 85 12 78
1980 58 House 84 8 44 50 D 47 47 86 6 67
1981 59 House 84 11 38 55 R 71 24 89 5 92
1982 60 House 66 10 40 28 R 45 17 67 21 75
1983 61 House 88 4 53 39 R 60 35 86 20 81
1984 62 House 86 7 61 29 R 49 46 90 30 52
1985 63 House 82 13 70 23 R 52 43 92 42 53
1986 64 House 72 20 65 24 R 43 50 90 30 52
1987 65 House 88 9 68 24 R 47 49 92 46 43
1988 66 House 79 13 67 21 R 41 52 91 44 46
Lifetime conservative rating:   74%


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.