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Howard Coble

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 18, 1931 in Greensboro, NC
Died: November 3, 2015 in Greensboro, NC

Education:

  • Attended Appalachian State University, 1949-1950
  • Guilford College, A.B., 1958
  • University of North Carolina, J.D., 1962

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard, 1952-1956, 1977-1978
  • U.S. Coast Guard Reserve, 1960-1982

Career:

  • Insurance businessman, 1961-1967
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for Middle NC, 1969-1973
  • NC Department of Revenue, 1973-1977

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1969, 1979-1983


Election Results for Howard Coble


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 45 NC R Treasurer Primary 1 62,437 64.6%
1976 45 NC R Treasurer General 2 489,768 31.8%
1984 53 NC R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 7,764 50.5%
1984 53 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 102,925 50.6%
1986 55 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,329 50.0%
1988 57 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 116,534 62.5%
1990 59 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 125,392 66.6%
1992 61 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 162,822 70.8%
1994 63 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,355 100.0%
1996 65 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 167,828 73.4%
1998 67 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 112,740 88.6%
2000 69 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 195,727 91.0%
2002 71 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 151,430 90.4%
2004 73 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 207,470 73.1%
2006 75 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 108,433 70.8%
2008 77 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 221,018 67.0%
2010 79 NC R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 31,663 63.5%
2010 79 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 156,252 75.2%
2012 81 NC R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,701 57.3%
2012 81 NC R U.S. House District 06 General 1 222,116 60.9%


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



Ideology Data for Howard Coble


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
1985 54 House 91 9 87 9 R 69 30 97 0 79
1986 55 House 92 8 84 14 R 68 31 98 10 81
1987 56 House 95 5 92 7 R 70 30 99 4 87
1988 57 House 92 8 90 10 R 61 39 99 10 92
1989 58 House 98 2 94 6 R 81 17 99 10 82
1990 59 House 93 7 92 7 R 68 32 99 6 83
1991 60 House 86 11 89 8 R 70 30 98 15 90
1992 61 House 75 25 92 8 R 75 25 99 10 92
1993 62 House 73 27 95 5 D 25 75 99 10 96
1994 63 House 83 17 97 3 D 28 72 100 5 95
1995 64 House 86 14 93 7 D 20 80 99 0 88
1996 65 House 88 12 95 5 D 30 70 100 15 90
1997 66 House 85 15 93 6 D 24 76 98 5 88
1998 67 House 86 12 91 6 D 16 83 96 10 96
1999 68 House 87 6 D 15 72 94 16 100
2000 69 House 90 4 D 22 76 96 15 87
2001 70 House 95 5 R 86 14 99 10 92
2002 71 House 95 5 R 82 18 99 10 92
2003 72 House 95 4 R 87 13 98 5 84
2004 73 House 92 5 R 76 24 98 5 88
2005 74 House 92 6 R 76 24 97 11 83
2006 75 House 89 6 R 74 26 96 11 92
2007 76 House 90 5 R 77 19 95 10 83
2008 77 House 92 4 R 63 34 97 20 88
2009 78 House 93 4 D 23 74 97 5 96
2010 79 House 93 2 D 27 71 96 5 96
2011 80 House 87 6 D 16 78 93 11 88
2012 81 House 82 4 D 19 69 86 5 91
2013 82 House 84 4 D 11 78 87 0 76
2014 83 House 83 2 D 14 68 84 0 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.