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Henry B. Gonzalez

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 3, 1916 in San Antonio, TX
Died: November 28, 2000 in San Antonio, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Texas
  • St. Mary's University, LL.B., 1943

Career:

  • Business consultant
  • Bexar County probation officer, 1945-1947
  • San Antonio Housing Authority, 1950-1951

Elected Office:

  • San Antonio city council, 1953-1956
  • TX Senate, 1956-1961

Other notes:

  • Father of Charlie Gonzalez


Election Results for Henry B. Gonzalez


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 42 TX D Governor Primary 2 245,969 18.7%
1961 45 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Open Primary 6 97,659 9.5%
1961 45 TX D U.S. House District 20 Special 1 52,696 54.6%
1962 46 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 62,776 100.0%
1964 48 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 103,464 64.6%
1966 50 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 41,067 87.1%
1968 52 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 64,112 81.5%
1970 54 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 48,710 100.0%
1972 56 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 81,443 96.9%
1974 58 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 39,358 100.0%
1976 60 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 90,173 100.0%
1978 62 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 51,584 100.0%
1980 64 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 84,113 81.9%
1982 66 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 68,544 91.5%
1984 68 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 100,443 100.0%
1986 70 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 55,363 100.0%
1988 72 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 94,527 70.7%
1990 74 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 56,318 100.0%
1992 76 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 23,363 100.0%
1992 76 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 103,755 100.0%
1994 78 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 15,702 100.0%
1994 78 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 60,114 62.5%
1996 80 TX D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 17,167 100.0%
1996 80 TX D U.S. House District 20 General 1 88,190 63.7%


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



Ideology Data for Henry B. Gonzalez


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
1962 46 House 0 100 93 4 D 87 8 93 88 0
1963 47 House 13 73 98 0 D 93 3 96 100 13
1964 48 House 8 92 98 2 D 96 2 96 92 0
1965 49 House 4 96 98 0 D 92 7 99 89 0
1966 50 House 3 95 99 0 D 91 6 97 94 4
1967 51 House 6 94 99 1 D 88 11 99 93 0
1968 52 House 6 94 100 0 D 94 6 100 100 0
1969 53 House 22 78 89 11 R 62 38 100 67 33
1970 54 House 27 73 86 14 R 62 38 100 67 17
1971 55 House 37 62 81 18 R 60 39 100 58 25
1972 56 House 29 71 83 17 R 49 51 100 56 10
1973 57 House 31 62 81 15 R 26 71 96 65 39
1974 58 House 44 51 70 27 R 62 38 97 43* 43
1975 59 House 41 45 61 26 R 34 52 84 42* 34
1976 60 House 42 53 71 26 R 35 63 95 53 27
1977 61 House 42 46 60 27 D 48 28 86 33 30
1978 62 House 41 56 73 23 D 56 39 95 70 33
1979 63 House 24 74 87 10 D 81 16 97 74 11
1980 64 House 22 73 90 5 D 76 20 93 76 5
1981 65 House 31 63 81 15 R 34 64 97 74 8
1982 66 House 34 60 84 14 R 45 53 95 63 27
1983 67 House 31 63 88 10 R 11 88 98 90 18
1984 68 House 20 75 89 10 R 26 72 98 100 13
1985 69 House 15 78 94 3 R 21 74 95 85 0
1986 70 House 10 88 90 7 R 17 82 98 100 0
1987 71 House 21 77 93 6 R 15 85 99 96 9
1988 72 House 13 84 96 3 R 16 82 98 100 0
1989 73 House 20 80 93 6 R 38 62 99 80 0
1990 74 House 22 78 93 7 R 15 85 99 100 4
1991 75 House 16 84 93 7 R 32 67 99 75 0
1992 76 House 38 63 94 6 R 23 77 100 80 4
1993 77 House 34 66 95 5 D 90 10 99 85 8
1994 78 House 22 78 96 4 D 78 19 99 74 15
1995 79 House 48 44 82 11 D 82 14 94 89 4
1996 80 House 67 31 84 16 D 84 16 99 84 15
1997 81 House 16 24 43 3 D 56 8 47 90 11
1998 82 House 0 7 16 0 D 12 1 16 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.