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Bob Eckhardt

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 6, 1913 in Austin, TX
Died: November 13, 2001 in Austin, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.A., 1935, LL.B., 1939

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Office of Coordinator of Inter-American Affairs, 1944-1945

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1958-1966

Other notes:

  • Grand-nephew of Rudolph Kleberg, nephew of Harry Wurzbach, cousin of Richard Kleberg


Election Results for Bob Eckhardt


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 52 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,457 53.3%
1966 52 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 38,497 92.3%
1968 54 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 63,256 70.6%
1970 56 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,279 76.9%
1970 56 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 26,294 100.0%
1972 58 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,109 71.1%
1972 58 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 73,909 64.6%
1974 60 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 19,671 76.8%
1974 60 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 30,158 72.2%
1976 62 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 18,690 81.4%
1976 62 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 84,404 60.7%
1978 64 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,719 53.6%
1978 64 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 1 39,429 61.5%
1980 66 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 16,241 57.2%
1980 66 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 2 67,921 48.2%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Eckhardt


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
1967 53 House 2 94 89 6 D 87 8 92 93 0
1968 54 House 2 88 88 0 D 80 12 85 100 0
1969 55 House 9 78 76 9 R 47 30 83 87 33
1970 56 House 2 91 82 8 R 54 37 87 100 11
1971 57 House 4 87 84 3 R 35 58 81 100 0
1972 58 House 9 85 79 10 R 43 51 81 100 0
1973 59 House 11 88 90 8 R 28 70 96 96 12
1974 60 House 4 86 90 5 R 32 58 87 83* 0
1975 61 House 11 86 91 6 R 36 61 93 84* 3
1976 62 House 9 75 81 5 R 20 75 80 88 0
1977 63 House 5 88 85 5 D 76 16 81 95 0
1978 64 House 5 82 81 6 D 76 13 80 75 0
1979 65 House 7 85 90 3 D 79 16 89 100 3
1980 66 House 16 80 87 6 D 76 20 85 89 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.