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Bob Clement

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 23, 1943 in Nashville, TN

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, B.S., 1967
  • Memphis State University. M.B.A., 1968

Military Service:

  • TN Army National Guard, 1969-1971
  • Reserve, 1971-2001

Career:

  • TN Public Service Commission, 1973-1979
  • TVA board of directors, 1979-1981
  • President of Cumberland University, 1983-1987


Election Results for Bob Clement


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 34 TN D Governor Primary 2 288,577 36.9%
1982 38 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 45,741 59.2%
1982 38 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 2 72,359 49.5%
1988 44 TN D U.S. House District 05 Special Primary 1 43,868 39.9%
1988 44 TN D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 51,392 61.0%
1988 44 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 155,068 100.0%
1990 46 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 55,607 72.4%
1992 48 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 42,794 66.3%
1992 48 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 125,233 66.8%
1994 50 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 50,172 100.0%
1994 50 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 99,953 61.2%
1996 52 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 27,715 100.0%
1996 52 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,264 72.4%
1998 54 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 30,360 100.0%
1998 54 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 74,611 82.8%
2000 56 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 20,414 100.0%
2000 56 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 149,277 72.5%
2002 58 TN D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 418,172 82.3%
2002 58 TN D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 728,295 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Clement


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
1988 44 House 63 32 79 14 R 31 66 93 75 20
1989 45 House 66 32 74 22 R 42 52 96 63 19
1990 46 House 59 41 85 14 R 25 74 98 44 29
1991 47 House 78 22 80 19 R 43 56 98 50 20
1992 48 House 58 40 75 15 R 25 67 91 72 36
1993 49 House 64 34 82 16 D 81 17 97 55 29
1994 50 House 78 17 79 15 D 81 17 94 39 35
1995 51 House 74 23 72 26 D 69 30 98 75 32
1996 52 House 84 14 68 30 D 73 27 98 60 30
1997 53 House 75 25 71 25 D 64 32 97 61 25
1998 54 House 86 14 74 24 D 65 34 97 85 24
1999 55 House 73 26 D 65 35 98 85 32
2000 56 House 71 25 D 56 42 96 60 40
2001 57 House 69 25 R 51 47 95 60 36
2002 58 House 68 25 R 57 39 87 74 46
Lifetime conservative rating:   30%


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.