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Tom Coleman

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 29, 1943 in Kansas City, MO

Education:

  • William Jewell College, B.A., 1965
  • New York University, M.P.A., 1969
  • Washington University of St. Louis, J.D., 1969

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MO Attorney General, 1969-1972

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1973-1976


Election Results for Tom Coleman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 33 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 17,380 100.0%
1976 33 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 120,969 58.5%
1978 35 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,708 100.0%
1978 35 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,574 55.9%
1980 37 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,685 100.0%
1980 37 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 149,281 70.6%
1982 39 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 25,920 91.4%
1982 39 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 97,993 55.3%
1984 41 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 150,996 64.8%
1986 43 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 95,865 56.7%
1988 45 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 28,762 89.8%
1988 45 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 135,883 59.3%
1990 47 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,382 84.0%
1990 47 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,956 51.9%
1992 49 MO R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,010 100.0%
1992 49 MO R U.S. House District 06 General 2 119,637 44.6%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Coleman


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
1977 34 House 87 13 80 17 D 44 54 96 15 89
1978 35 House 90 9 81 16 D 32 65 96 20 88
1979 36 House 89 5 82 12 D 34 59 94 11 92
1980 37 House 94 2 85 11 D 41 56 94 6 67
1981 38 House 85 12 74 18 R 70 28 93 0 100
1982 39 House 75 14 67 28 R 56 32 93 11 68
1983 40 House 83 13 70 27 R 65 33 97 15 71
1984 41 House 80 14 66 27 R 55 43 94 20 68
1985 42 House 89 5 76 19 R 56 40 95 10 63
1986 43 House 82 16 76 20 R 67 28 94 5 75
1987 44 House 95 5 76 19 R 56 40 95 5 62
1988 45 House 95 5 83 15 R 51 46 96 25 76
1989 46 House 78 17 70 26 R 67 30 95 6 78
1990 47 House 89 7 75 23 R 64 33 98 28 65
1991 48 House 78 16 79 19 R 77 21 98 5 75
1992 49 House 85 10 76 19 R 63 37 95 35 74
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.