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Butler Derrick

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 30, 1936 in Springfield, MA
Died: May 5, 2014 in Easley, SC

Education:

  • Attended University of South Carolina, 1954-1958
  • University of Georgia, LL.B., 1965

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • SC House, 1969-1974


Election Results for Butler Derrick


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 37 SC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,194 64.5%
1974 37 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 55,120 61.8%
1976 39 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,740 99.9%
1978 41 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 81,638 82.0%
1980 43 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 87,680 59.8%
1982 45 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 77,125 90.4%
1984 47 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 88,917 58.4%
1986 49 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 79,109 68.4%
1988 51 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,071 53.7%
1990 53 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 72,561 58.0%
1992 55 SC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 119,119 61.1%


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



Ideology Data for Butler Derrick


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
1975 38 House 64 31 57 39 R 40 54 94 26* 58
1976 39 House 64 31 58 36 R 37 61 93 42 41
1977 40 House 47 39 60 28 D 57 30 86 33 54
1978 41 House 48 47 66 27 D 56 33 92 45 43
1979 42 House 42 49 74 16 D 62 26 88 41 23
1980 43 House 49 39 72 18 D 65 21 86 59 25
1981 44 House 55 35 62 30 R 50 45 89 60 42
1982 45 House 56 41 70 22 R 36 52 86 50 45
1983 46 House 42 49 72 16 R 35 57 87 75 24
1984 47 House 61 39 73 25 R 39 54 94 50 36
1985 48 House 60 35 74 17 R 29 69 92 63 11
1986 49 House 52 48 81 13 R 28 68 94 58 26
1987 50 House 56 42 83 15 R 28 68 97 72 17
1988 51 House 66 21 76 18 R 33 60 95 70 36
1989 52 House 73 24 79 19 R 43 55 97 35 43
1990 53 House 70 28 81 17 R 31 68 97 44 33
1991 54 House 46 51 82 14 R 41 58 97 70 37
1992 55 House 67 33 87 12 R 30 69 99 80 25
1993 56 House 61 32 86 11 D 80 17 94 65 26
1994 57 House 33 56 90 2 D 78 12 93 83 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   34%


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.