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Wyche Fowler

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 6, 1940 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • Davidson College, B.A., 1962
  • Emory University, J.D., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1963-1964 (intelligence officer)

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Charles Weltner, 1965-1966
  • Lawyer
  • U.S. Ambassador to Saudi Arabia, 1997-2001

Elected Office:

  • Atlanta alderman, 1970-1973
  • Atlanta city council, 1974-1977


Election Results for Wyche Fowler


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 31 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 19,549 32.8%
1977 36 GA D U.S. House District 05 Special Open Primary 1 29,898 39.7%
1977 36 GA D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 54,378 62.4%
1978 37 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,411 79.7%
1978 37 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,739 75.5%
1980 39 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 52,547 85.7%
1980 39 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,646 74.0%
1982 41 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 53,264 80.8%
1984 43 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,962 63.9%
1984 43 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 151,233 100.0%
1986 45 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 314,787 50.3%
1986 45 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 623,707 50.9%
1992 51 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,108,416 49.2%
1992 51 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 General Runoff 2 618,877 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for Wyche Fowler


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
1977 36 House 51 45 63 34 D 73 25 94 67 45
1978 37 House 43 48 62 30 D 70 25 89 47 13
1979 38 House 42 51 75 19 D 71 22 90 76 19
1980 39 House 42 40 63 26 D 62 23 86 69 16
1981 40 House 55 41 60 31 R 42 45 91 80 18
1982 41 House 48 44 70 17 R 45 48 86 68 10
1983 42 House 35 62 83 11 R 27 68 94 90 14
1984 43 House 51 42 66 21 R 40 45 85 70 36
1985 44 House 55 38 73 13 R 24 65 86 53 24
1986 45 House 24 16 30 8 R 17 42 36 33 44
1987 46 Senate 53 47 85 13 R 35 62 97 90 8
1988 47 Senate 68 32 78 18 R 51 45 96 75 8
1989 48 Senate 71 29 72 27 R 61 38 99 60 13
1990 49 Senate 43 57 84 14 R 43 55 98 72 35
1991 50 Senate 63 38 79 20 R 44 54 99 68 33
1992 51 Senate 55 42 73 20 R 30 68 96 90 16
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.