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Bill Gradison

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 28, 1928 in Cincinnati, OH

Education:

  • Yale University, B.A., 1948
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1951, D.C.S., 1954

Career:

  • Investment broker
  • Assistant to U.S. Treasury Undersecretary, 1953-1955
  • Assistant to Health, Education & Welfare Secretary, 1955-1957
  • President, Health Insurance Association of America
  • Securities & Exchange Commission, 2002-2011

Elected Office:

  • Cincinnati city council, 1961-1974 (Mayor, 1971)


Election Results for Bill Gradison


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 45 OH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,437 52.3%
1974 45 OH R U.S. House District 01 Special Primary 1 7,807 60.8%
1974 45 OH R U.S. House District 01 Special 2 51,063 48.1%
1974 45 OH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,284 50.9%
1976 47 OH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,167 75.9%
1976 47 OH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,789 64.8%
1978 49 OH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,694 100.0%
1978 49 OH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,593 64.5%
1980 51 OH R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,547 100.0%
1980 51 OH R U.S. House District 01 General 1 124,080 74.7%
1982 53 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,004 100.0%
1982 53 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,434 62.7%
1984 55 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 149,856 68.6%
1986 57 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 105,061 70.7%
1988 59 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,811 100.0%
1988 59 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 153,162 72.3%
1990 61 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 17,878 100.0%
1990 61 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,817 64.4%
1992 63 OH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,117 100.0%
1992 63 OH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 177,720 70.1%


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



Ideology Data for Bill Gradison


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 46 House 79 19 81 17 R 79 20 97 21 83
1976 47 House 67 27 71 23 R 76 22 93 18 71
1977 48 House 78 18 77 20 D 46 41 95 16 81
1978 49 House 73 24 74 24 D 48 48 97 20 88
1979 50 House 76 23 79 20 D 40 59 97 16 72
1980 51 House 77 20 71 26 D 57 41 99 22 32
1981 52 House 64 33 67 27 R 68 29 95 35 75
1982 53 House 81 18 76 20 R 75 22 96 20 73
1983 54 House 73 26 72 23 R 72 27 96 30 77
1984 55 House 69 31 68 30 R 65 32 96 35 50
1985 56 House 75 22 63 31 R 65 30 95 21 61
1986 57 House 60 34 59 38 R 61 34 96 15 59
1987 58 House 77 14 65 29 R 63 32 93 20 65
1988 59 House 66 24 62 33 R 61 34 95 39 62
1989 60 House 78 20 51 46 R 67 28 96 15 68
1990 61 House 81 15 74 24 R 76 24 97 11 75
1991 62 House 84 8 79 19 R 77 17 95 11 84
1992 63 House 88 13 79 20 R 76 24 98 20 71
1993 64 House 89 11 D 0 0 100 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.