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Paul Gillmor

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 1, 1939 in Tiffin, OH
Died: September 5, 2007 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Ohio Wesleyan University, B.A., 1961
  • University of Michigan, J.D., 1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1965-1966

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OH Senate, 1967-1988 (President, 1981-1982, 1985-1988)


Election Results for Paul Gillmor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 47 OH R Governor Primary 2 281,737 38.5%
1988 49 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,694 45.5%
1988 49 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 123,838 60.7%
1990 51 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,543 100.0%
1990 51 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 113,615 68.5%
1992 53 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 52,661 100.0%
1992 53 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 187,860 100.0%
1994 55 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 46,617 100.0%
1994 55 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 135,879 73.4%
1996 57 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 56,830 100.0%
1996 57 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 145,692 61.1%
1998 59 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 53,559 100.0%
1998 59 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 123,979 66.7%
2000 61 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 75,057 100.0%
2000 61 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 169,857 69.8%
2002 63 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 41,711 68.6%
2002 63 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 126,286 67.1%
2004 65 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 59,083 100.0%
2004 65 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 196,649 67.0%
2006 67 OH R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,168 100.0%
2006 67 OH R U.S. House District 05 General 1 129,813 56.8%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Gillmor


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
1989 50 House 90 10 65 32 R 77 22 97 5 89
1990 51 House 91 9 66 32 R 69 29 97 11 74
1991 52 House 95 5 67 30 R 73 26 97 10 65
1992 53 House 90 6 75 21 R 73 26 97 20 79
1993 54 House 93 5 72 26 D 47 47 98 16 82
1994 55 House 86 11 67 32 D 63 36 98 16 86
1995 56 House 94 1 92 7 D 21 77 98 5 84
1996 57 House 75 6 88 8 D 39 58 95 18 84
1997 58 House 87 5 88 9 D 31 67 96 10 84
1998 59 House 93 5 85 13 D 28 70 98 5 68
1999 60 House 89 11 D 19 80 98 15 80
2000 61 House 86 8 D 34 60 92 11 76
2001 62 House 92 4 R 86 9 95 17 79
2002 63 House 89 6 R 86 11 95 5 88
2003 64 House 92 6 R 93 5 98 5 76
2004 65 House 90 7 R 91 9 96 5 84
2005 66 House 88 6 R 80 13 94 0 82
2006 67 House 91 6 R 82 5 94 0 84
2007 68 House 56 15 R 45 25 71 17 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.