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William Coyne

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 24, 1936 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: November 3, 2013 in Pittsburgh, PA

Education:

  • Robert Morris College, B.S., 1965

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Accountant, 1957-1970

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1970-1972
  • Pittsburgh city council, 1974-1980


Election Results for William Coyne


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 43 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 44,142 57.3%
1980 43 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 102,545 68.5%
1982 45 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 45,249 77.4%
1982 45 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 120,980 74.9%
1984 47 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 71,466 82.2%
1984 47 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 163,818 76.6%
1986 49 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 56,581 85.7%
1986 49 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 104,726 89.6%
1988 51 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 135,181 78.6%
1990 53 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 77,636 71.8%
1992 55 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 70,162 76.5%
1992 55 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 165,633 72.3%
1994 57 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 65,409 100.0%
1994 57 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 105,310 64.1%
1996 59 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 47,334 66.0%
1996 59 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 122,922 60.7%
1998 61 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 56,537 100.0%
1998 61 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 83,355 60.5%
2000 63 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 44,187 99.9%
2000 63 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 147,533 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for William Coyne


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
1981 44 House 16 84 89 10 R 38 62 96 95 0
1982 45 House 26 74 91 7 R 42 57 97 90 5
1983 46 House 12 85 91 4 R 26 67 96 90 5
1984 47 House 17 78 91 6 R 30 68 95 85 5
1985 48 House 9 89 94 2 R 19 79 97 100 0
1986 49 House 6 94 95 3 R 17 81 98 100 0
1987 50 House 19 81 93 3 R 14 86 97 96 0
1988 51 House 11 79 92 3 R 19 76 93 100 0
1989 52 House 15 83 96 0 R 30 70 97 100 4
1990 53 House 7 91 93 2 R 17 81 95 100 4
1991 54 House 16 81 93 4 R 28 70 98 84 0
1992 55 House 19 81 96 3 R 19 81 99 95 4
1993 56 House 7 93 98 1 D 83 17 99 95 4
1994 57 House 3 92 98 1 D 74 24 98 100 0
1995 58 House 9 90 95 4 D 91 8 99 100 4
1996 59 House 10 90 93 5 D 81 19 98 100 0
1997 60 House 13 87 97 3 D 83 17 99 100 0
1998 61 House 21 79 95 5 D 82 17 99 100 4
1999 62 House 98 2 D 81 17 98 95 0
2000 63 House 97 2 D 76 20 96 95 8
2001 64 House 96 0 R 19 74 96 100 0
2002 65 House 96 1 R 14 75 93 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.