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Dick Gephardt

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 31, 1941 in St. Louis, MO

Education:

  • Northwestern University, B.S., 1962
  • University of Michigan, J.D., 1965

Military Service:

  • MO Air National Guard, 1956-1971

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • St. Louis alderman, 1971-1976
  • Candidate for Democrat presidential nomination, 1988


Election Results for Dick Gephardt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 35 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,874 56.0%
1976 35 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,109 63.7%
1978 37 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 63,933 91.2%
1978 37 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,565 81.9%
1980 39 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 65,901 100.0%
1980 39 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 143,132 77.6%
1982 41 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 72,882 100.0%
1982 41 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 131,566 77.9%
1984 43 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,325 90.4%
1984 43 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 193,537 100.0%
1986 45 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 116,403 69.0%
1988 47 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,784 81.7%
1988 47 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 150,205 62.8%
1990 49 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 34,919 80.4%
1990 49 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 88,950 56.8%
1992 51 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 71,773 76.2%
1992 51 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 174,000 64.0%
1994 53 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,582 77.0%
1994 53 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,601 57.7%
1996 55 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,619 75.2%
1996 55 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 137,300 59.0%
1998 57 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,440 73.9%
1998 57 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 98,287 55.8%
2000 59 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,111 100.0%
2000 59 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 147,222 57.8%
2002 61 MO D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,535 73.6%
2002 61 MO D U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,181 59.1%


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



Ideology Data for Dick Gephardt


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 36 63 75 24 D 72 28 97 50 32
1978 37 House 40 55 64 33 D 74 26 95 35 33
1979 38 House 39 55 74 20 D 74 21 91 78 21
1980 39 House 33 62 80 17 D 79 17 93 56 6
1981 40 House 69 27 64 33 R 54 43 94 45 33
1982 41 House 56 40 71 24 R 44 53 94 55 33
1983 42 House 25 69 90 6 R 26 70 94 85 9
1984 43 House 27 69 87 7 R 33 60 92 75 14
1985 44 House 31 65 84 6 R 26 71 91 60 21
1986 45 House 18 54 69 1 R 16 53 70 82 0
1987 46 House 5 21 18 0 R 5 22 18 90 0
1988 47 House 16 76 73 4 R 18 58 80 89 9
1989 48 House 22 78 95 3 R 33 63 96 90 4
1990 49 House 17 74 89 2 R 14 74 90 83 4
1991 50 House 22 70 90 5 R 30 68 94 79 0
1992 51 House 33 58 88 4 R 16 76 91 100 0
1993 52 House 30 68 91 4 D 86 9 94 90 8
1994 53 House 17 64 93 0 D 86 9 95 94 5
1995 54 House 22 70 88 5 D 79 14 93 89 16
1996 55 House 33 63 81 6 D 73 16 88 89 6
1997 56 House 24 65 80 8 D 69 21 87 84 14
1998 57 House 38 57 85 6 D 73 16 90 95 12
1999 58 House 90 4 D 74 15 90 100 0
2000 59 House 88 6 D 76 20 91 95 13
2001 60 House 90 5 R 28 70 92 100 13
2002 61 House 90 7 R 36 64 95 90 8
2003 62 House 12 0 R 2 18 9 83 33
2004 63 House 44 2 R 27 39 42 100 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.