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Richard Fulton

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 27, 1927 in Nashville, TN
Died: November 28, 2018 in Nashville, TN

Education:

  • Attended University of Tennessee

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Real estate broker

Elected Office:

  • TN Senate, 1958-1960
  • Mayor of Nashville, 1975-1987


Election Results for Richard Fulton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 29 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 9,643 31.9%
1960 33 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 31,925 43.7%
1962 35 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 30,963 45.1%
1962 35 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 47,756 60.4%
1964 37 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,831 66.9%
1964 37 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 74,597 59.8%
1966 39 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 55,685 63.0%
1968 41 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 33,403 70.6%
1968 41 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 61,045 48.7%
1970 43 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 89,900 70.6%
1972 45 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,483 73.5%
1972 45 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,555 62.6%
1974 47 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 53,723 76.3%
1974 47 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,206 99.8%
1978 51 TN D Governor Primary 3 122,101 15.6%
1986 59 TN D Governor Primary 3 190,016 25.7%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Fulton


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
1963 36 House 13 60 84 2 D 82 3 83 83 21
1964 37 House 33 58 71 5 D 81 6 79 92 23
1965 38 House 14 80 83 7 D 81 4 86 63 33
1966 39 House 19 46 59 8 D 57 8 65 73 13
1967 40 House 30 56 75 9 D 72 6 76 67 23
1968 41 House 37 41 55 17 D 64 14 75 55 33
1969 42 House 22 40 49 15 R 32 23 71 55 40
1970 43 House 23 39 54 14 R 49 22 61 69 31
1971 44 House 20 66 69 14 R 33 53 78 77 20
1972 45 House 20 48 54 8 R 35 32 69 46 30
1973 46 House 36 56 75 18 R 30 61 87 63 42
1974 47 House 31 46 66 14 R 47 36 80 65* 21
1975 48 House 19 28 51 7 R 13 50 57 73* 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   26%


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.