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William Dannemeyer

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1929 in Long Beach, CA
Died: July 9, 2019 in Thousand Palms, CA

Education:

  • Valparaiso University, B.A., 1950
  • University of California, J.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1952-1954

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Fullerton deputy district attorney, 1955-1957
  • Assistant Fullerton city attorney, 1959-1962
  • Municipal judge, 1966-1976

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1963-1966, 1977-1978


Election Results for William Dannemeyer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 48 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 73,934 100.0%
1978 48 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 112,160 63.7%
1980 50 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 62,081 100.0%
1980 50 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 175,228 76.3%
1982 52 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 57,262 100.0%
1982 52 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 129,539 72.2%
1984 54 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 68,375 100.0%
1984 54 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 175,788 76.2%
1986 56 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 61,018 100.0%
1986 56 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 137,603 75.3%
1988 58 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 64,862 85.3%
1988 58 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 169,360 73.8%
1990 60 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 1 56,437 100.0%
1990 60 CA R U.S. House District 39 General 1 113,849 65.3%
1992 62 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Special Open Primary 4 638,279 11.7%
1994 64 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 565,864 29.3%


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



Ideology Data for William Dannemeyer


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
1979 49 House 94 6 94 5 D 25 74 98 5 97
1980 50 House 92 7 91 8 D 32 64 96 6 78
1981 51 House 85 11 92 5 R 74 24 94 10 100
1982 52 House 90 10 93 5 R 81 17 98 5 100
1983 53 House 84 9 91 4 R 77 15 94 5 95
1984 54 House 88 8 90 6 R 77 21 96 0 100
1985 55 House 87 7 89 3 R 78 16 91 10 89
1986 56 House 88 8 90 5 R 81 17 95 5 95
1987 57 House 88 12 89 4 R 74 22 93 12 100
1988 58 House 89 8 93 2 R 69 18 92 0 100
1989 59 House 80 5 87 4 R 70 26 92 5 100
1990 60 House 93 7 93 2 R 75 21 96 6 100
1991 61 House 86 0 87 4 R 71 21 92 11 100
1992 62 House 65 10 70 2 R 50 13 72 13 94
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.