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Bill Frenzel

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 31, 1928 in St. Paul, MN
Died: November 17, 2014 in McLean, VA

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, B.A., 1950, M.B.A., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1951-1954 (Korean Theater)

Career:

  • President of Minneapolis Terminal Warehouse Co., 1966-1970

Elected Office:

  • MN House, 1962-1970


Election Results for Bill Frenzel


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 41 MN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,221 100.0%
1970 41 MN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 110,921 50.6%
1972 43 MN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,278 93.1%
1972 43 MN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 132,638 62.9%
1974 45 MN R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 11,808 100.0%
1974 45 MN R U.S. House District 03 General 1 83,325 60.4%
1976 47 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,868 100.0%
1976 47 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 149,013 66.1%
1978 49 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,678 100.0%
1978 49 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 128,759 65.7%
1980 51 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,111 91.4%
1980 51 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 179,393 75.6%
1982 53 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,994 100.0%
1982 53 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 166,891 72.2%
1984 55 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 25,986 89.6%
1984 55 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 207,819 73.2%
1986 57 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 26,669 100.0%
1986 57 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 127,434 70.1%
1988 59 MN IR U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,395 100.0%
1988 59 MN IR U.S. House District 03 General 1 215,322 68.2%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Frenzel


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
1971 42 House 44 46 54 32 R 56 30 89 65 28
1972 43 House 43 48 57 33 R 68 27 92 63 30
1973 44 House 45 51 53 41 R 58 33 94 54 35
1974 45 House 35 51 47 45 R 60 28 91 61* 17
1975 46 House 66 29 69 25 R 76 19 94 53* 56
1976 47 House 56 34 62 28 R 73 25 89 26 63
1977 48 House 65 27 63 27 D 44 37 89 33 63
1978 49 House 71 21 67 24 D 52 43 91 47 68
1979 50 House 61 26 65 23 D 45 47 88 22 65
1980 51 House 71 26 71 23 D 43 53 90 22 75
1981 52 House 61 23 71 17 R 64 25 89 32 82
1982 53 House 77 21 78 18 R 74 25 96 25 68
1983 54 House 61 34 71 21 R 68 26 92 20 59
1984 55 House 71 20 77 17 R 73 23 94 32 61
1985 56 House 80 16 72 19 R 63 35 92 21 63
1986 57 House 76 24 74 22 R 66 32 95 25 64
1987 58 House 81 16 74 15 R 64 29 90 17 40
1988 59 House 63 26 70 22 R 64 27 93 39 58
1989 60 House 78 20 72 23 R 76 22 93 20 61
1990 61 House 70 19 74 11 R 74 14 87 18 60
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.