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William Lehman

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 5, 1913 in Selma, AL
Died: March 16, 2005 in Miami Beach, FL

Education:

  • University of Alabama, B.S., 1934

Career:

  • Automobile dealer, 1936-1972
  • Teacher, 1963-1966

Elected Office:

  • Dade County school board, 1966-1972


Election Results for William Lehman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 58 FL D U.S. House District 13 Primary 2 10,023 20.3%
1972 58 FL D U.S. House District 13 Primary Runoff 1 26,261 57.1%
1972 58 FL D U.S. House District 13 General 1 92,258 61.6%
1974 60 FL D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,163 45.5%
1974 60 FL D U.S. House District 13 Primary Runoff 1 32,677 67.9%
1974 60 FL D U.S. House District 13 General 1 0 0.0%
1976 62 FL D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 37,569 71.6%
1976 62 FL D U.S. House District 13 General 1 127,822 78.3%
1978 64 FL D U.S. House District 13 General 1 0 0.0%
1980 66 FL D U.S. House District 13 General 1 127,828 74.9%
1982 68 FL D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 48,092 87.5%
1982 68 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 0 0.0%
1984 70 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 72 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 0 0.0%
1988 74 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 76 FL D U.S. House District 17 General 1 79,569 78.3%


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



Ideology Data for William Lehman


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
1973 59 House 16 80 86 8 R 29 63 93 83 14
1974 60 House 6 77 78 7 R 36 49 82 78* 0
1975 61 House 11 80 84 7 R 31 65 94 95 0
1976 62 House 16 69 77 8 R 29 63 85 84 6
1977 63 House 11 81 84 9 D 75 19 90 85 8
1978 64 House 13 69 74 10 D 63 13 83 80 4
1979 65 House 15 81 89 6 D 81 14 92 89 8
1980 66 House 18 77 91 6 D 79 12 92 83 11
1981 67 House 19 71 77 8 R 39 53 89 89 0
1982 68 House 21 55 66 3 R 26 56 75 100 6
1983 69 House 18 77 85 5 R 17 78 90 89 0
1984 70 House 10 81 86 4 R 30 59 90 89 5
1985 71 House 11 85 95 2 R 23 78 96 95 5
1986 72 House 18 76 92 4 R 20 78 96 100 0
1987 73 House 9 86 95 2 R 14 83 96 92 9
1988 74 House 16 84 94 5 R 22 78 99 100 8
1989 75 House 5 93 95 1 R 24 71 95 100 0
1990 76 House 15 85 94 4 R 19 81 97 89 0
1991 77 House 5 62 64 4 R 26 52 71 100 0
1992 78 House 23 54 76 3 R 20 61 78 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.