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William Fulbright

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 9, 1905 in Sumner, MO
Died: February 9, 1995 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Arkansas, 1925
  • Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, 1928
  • George Washington University Law School, 1934

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Businessman
  • U.S. Justice Department, 1934-1935
  • Instructor/lecturer at University of Arkansas, 1936-1939
  • President of University of Arkansas, 1939-1941


Election Results for William Fulbright


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 37 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 16,111 100.0%
1944 39 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 67,228 36.2%
1944 39 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 117,121 57.9%
1944 39 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 182,499 85.1%
1950 45 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 189,200 100.0%
1950 45 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 302,582 100.0%
1956 51 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 331,679 83.0%
1962 57 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 253,751 66.1%
1962 57 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 214,867 68.7%
1968 63 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 220,684 52.9%
1968 63 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 349,965 59.1%
1974 69 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 204,630 35.0%


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



Ideology Data for William Fulbright


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
1943 38 House 83 13 D 90
1944 39 House 43 13 D 38
1945 40 Senate 72 17 D 89
1946 41 Senate 65 21 D 85
1947 42 Senate 85 12 D 93 80
1948 43 Senate 75 13 D 88 77
1949 44 Senate 68 25 D 92 33
1950 45 Senate 76 14 D 84 47
1951 46 Senate 61 8 D 67 73
1952 47 Senate 86 8 D 84 46
1953 48 Senate 79 4 R 44 65 85
1954 49 Senate 83 13 R 34 55 87 77
1955 50 Senate 81 12 R 46 37 78 80
1956 51 Senate 62 17 R 42 38 84 75
1957 52 Senate 55 8 R 47 26 68 50
1958 53 Senate 69 13 R 36 45 83 56
1959 54 Senate 45 30 55 21 R 36 42 79 46
1960 55 Senate 61 22 41 37 R 49 29 74 36
1961 56 Senate 52 35 61 19 D 52 28 81 67 36
1962 57 Senate 41 3 20 11 D 25 13 37 14 83
1963 58 Senate 37 42 58 18 D 67 13 78 53 50
1964 59 Senate 41 45 53 21 D 60 20 72 26 50
1965 60 Senate 31 44 57 17 D 49 24 73 50 44
1966 61 Senate 36 44 57 25 D 48 35 82 56 29
1967 62 Senate 43 41 51 23 D 49 27 77 42 54
1968 63 Senate 23 20 21 11 D 13 30 35 20 54
1969 64 Senate 23 42 57 18 R 35 44 73 71 36
1970 65 Senate 23 54 55 17 R 30 43 75 61 39
1971 66 Senate 13 73 79 8 R 27 59 84 92 20
1972 67 Senate 28 54 62 17 R 33 59 79 63 40
1973 68 Senate 25 54 64 14 R 26 47 75 61 38
1974 69 Senate 15 15 20 14 R 22 25 35 60 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.