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Bill Goodling

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 5, 1927 in Loganville, PA
Died: September 17, 2017 in York, PA

Education:

  • University of Maryland, B.S., 1953
  • Western Maryland College, M.Ed., 1957
  • Attended Penn State University, 1958-1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1946-1948

Career:

  • School teacher/admininstrator, 1952-1974
  • Dallastown school board, 1966-1967

Other notes:

  • Son of George Goodling


Election Results for Bill Goodling


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 46 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 12,533 39.9%
1974 46 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 66,417 51.4%
1976 48 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 124,098 70.6%
1978 50 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 105,424 78.7%
1980 52 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 136,873 76.0%
1982 54 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 101,163 70.8%
1984 56 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 34,980 100.0%
1984 56 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 141,196 75.6%
1986 58 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 100,055 72.9%
1988 60 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 145,381 77.2%
1990 62 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 33,139 87.6%
1990 62 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 96,336 100.0%
1992 64 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 98,599 45.3%
1994 66 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 43,984 100.0%
1994 66 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 124,496 99.5%
1996 68 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 24,014 54.9%
1996 68 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 130,716 62.6%
1998 70 PA R U.S. House District 19 Primary 1 36,054 67.6%
1998 70 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 96,284 67.6%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Goodling


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
1975 47 House 83 15 82 14 R 55 43 95 16* 83
1976 48 House 84 11 82 14 R 65 29 94 5 85
1977 49 House 79 13 79 13 D 41 53 90 11 84
1978 50 House 76 12 74 15 D 36 54 87 20 91
1979 51 House 71 16 65 19 D 39 45 84 31 69
1980 52 House 68 20 80 14 D 43 44 89 33 64
1981 53 House 65 21 74 17 R 59 36 87 32 91
1982 54 House 66 30 74 24 R 61 36 94 26 67
1983 55 House 61 38 71 26 R 54 40 90 35 64
1984 56 House 71 29 66 28 R 50 44 93 35 50
1985 57 House 69 24 74 19 R 61 38 93 25 58
1986 58 House 76 24 69 28 R 60 37 96 25 55
1987 59 House 79 21 72 24 R 57 39 95 28 48
1988 60 House 84 13 77 19 R 50 47 94 32 63
1989 61 House 83 7 76 17 R 65 29 92 26 68
1990 62 House 72 17 71 20 R 54 39 93 24 68
1991 63 House 78 8 70 20 R 68 23 92 24 73
1992 64 House 81 19 83 14 R 72 28 98 10 83
1993 65 House 86 11 85 13 D 41 57 98 10 87
1994 66 House 81 14 89 9 D 46 54 97 11 90
1995 67 House 86 9 89 8 D 17 79 97 5 84
1996 68 House 86 12 86 11 D 37 63 97 10 95
1997 69 House 85 15 90 8 D 27 73 98 10 88
1998 70 House 81 14 90 6 D 18 77 95 5 92
1999 71 House 89 10 D 24 74 98 15 84
2000 72 House 89 8 D 18 80 94 5 88
Lifetime conservative rating:   76%


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.