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William Ford

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 6, 1927 in Detroit, MI
Died: August 14, 2004 in Ypsilanti Township, MI

Education:

  • University of Denver, B.A., 1949, J.D., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1950-1958

Career:

  • Taylor Township justice of the peace, 1955-1957
  • Melvindale city attorney, 1957-1959
  • Taylor Township attorney, 1957-1964

Elected Office:

  • MI Senate, 1962-1964


Election Results for William Ford


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 36 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 18,672 44.6%
1964 36 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 103,724 71.0%
1966 38 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 31,693 83.8%
1966 38 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 72,987 67.8%
1968 40 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 23,226 100.0%
1968 40 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 106,960 71.0%
1970 42 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 30,796 100.0%
1970 42 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 101,018 79.9%
1972 44 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 21,374 62.0%
1972 44 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 97,054 65.8%
1974 46 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 24,878 100.0%
1974 46 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 86,601 78.1%
1976 48 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 117,313 74.0%
1978 50 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 95,137 79.6%
1980 52 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 113,492 67.6%
1982 54 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 34,721 82.3%
1982 54 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 94,950 72.8%
1984 56 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 98,973 59.9%
1986 58 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 20,039 90.6%
1986 58 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 77,950 75.2%
1988 60 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 104,596 63.8%
1990 62 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 17,683 100.0%
1990 62 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 68,742 61.2%
1992 64 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 28,319 100.0%
1992 64 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 127,642 51.9%


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



Ideology Data for William Ford


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
1965 37 House 2 98 95 2 D 90 6 96 100 0
1966 38 House 0 86 85 3 D 82 6 87 100 0
1967 39 House 0 96 90 3 D 78 9 84 93 0
1968 40 House 0 80 71 2 D 64 13 76 92 5
1969 41 House 4 84 80 2 R 49 45 84 93 20
1970 42 House 0 75 72 10 R 49 34 78 94 11
1971 43 House 8 77 82 7 R 25 61 82 91 11
1972 44 House 15 67 72 11 R 46 35 79 86 11
1973 45 House 8 89 87 8 R 28 66 87 87 17
1974 46 House 12 75 80 7 R 30 58 86 72 21
1975 47 House 12 75 76 8 R 29 55 80 94 9
1976 48 House 9 79 83 5 R 22 65 85 72 6
1977 49 House 12 70 77 5 D 63 13 76 61 6
1978 50 House 10 76 79 5 D 69 15 79 60 10
1979 51 House 15 71 76 5 D 70 17 77 74 8
1980 52 House 11 69 75 6 D 65 20 72 88 6
1981 53 House 12 68 84 3 R 26 58 75 78 0
1982 54 House 8 77 90 1 R 30 62 81 95 5
1983 55 House 8 82 87 2 R 12 78 81 95 0
1984 56 House 17 75 82 5 R 23 65 81 94 0
1985 57 House 7 87 71 2 R 16 76 79 89 6
1986 58 House 12 78 84 4 R 18 79 91 89 5
1987 59 House 9 88 88 3 R 11 84 93 92 0
1988 60 House 5 89 83 2 R 13 80 87 100 0
1989 61 House 7 90 90 2 R 24 73 94 100 0
1990 62 House 9 65 67 3 R 12 65 74 88 5
1991 63 House 16 73 84 3 R 22 73 90 95 0
1992 64 House 17 69 88 2 R 13 81 92 100 0
1993 65 House 14 82 91 3 D 73 21 93 95 4
1994 66 House 17 53 72 3 D 63 21 76 100 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.