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Zell Miller

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 24, 1932 in Young Harris, GA
Died: March 23, 2018 in north Georgia

Education:

  • Univerity of Georgia, B.A., 1957, M.A., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1953-1956

Career:

  • Businessman
  • Executive secretary to GA Gov. Lester Maddox, 1969-1971
  • GA Board of Paroles and Pardons, 1973-1975

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Young Harris, 1959-1960
  • GA Senate, 1961-1964
  • GA Lt. Governor, 1975-1991
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on July 24, 2000 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Paul Coverdell


Election Results for Zell Miller


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 32 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 22,811 42.6%
1966 34 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 28,051 40.1%
1974 42 GA D Lt. Governor Primary 1 246,928 31.2%
1974 42 GA D Lt. Governor Primary Runoff 1 539,015 60.8%
1974 42 GA D Lt. Governor General 1 597,598 66.2%
1978 46 GA D Lt. Governor Primary 1 528,637 81.2%
1978 46 GA D Lt. Governor General 1 528,628 82.4%
1980 48 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 247,766 24.1%
1980 48 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 2 395,773 41.4%
1982 50 GA D Lt. Governor Primary 1 582,902 70.8%
1982 50 GA D Lt. Governor General 1 797,245 73.0%
1986 54 GA D Lt. Governor Primary 1 495,346 82.8%
1986 54 GA D Lt. Governor General 1 871,259 100.0%
1990 58 GA D Governor Primary 1 434,405 41.3%
1990 58 GA D Governor Primary Runoff 1 591,166 61.8%
1990 58 GA D Governor General 1 766,662 52.9%
1994 62 GA D Governor Primary 1 321,963 70.0%
1994 62 GA D Governor General 1 788,926 51.1%
2000 68 GA D U.S. Senate Class 3 Special 1 1,413,224 58.2%


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



Ideology Data for Zell Miller


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
2000 68 Senate 25 75 2 6 D 100 0 100 0 0
2001 69 Senate 40 56 R 75 18 95 35 60
2002 70 Senate 39 57 R 78 6 92 33 47
2003 71 Senate 7 74 R 76 3 77 11 75
2004 72 Senate 2 94 R 85 0 93 15 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   71%


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.