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Arch Moore

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 16, 1923 in Moundsville, WV
Died: January 7, 2015 in Charleston, WV

Education:

  • West Virginia University, 1948, Law School, 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • WV House, 1953-1955

Other notes:

  • Father of Shelley Capito


Election Results for Arch Moore


Click on the Year to see the results of that election.

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 31 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 15,851 100.0%
1954 31 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 2 47,199 47.3%
1956 33 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,596 69.8%
1956 33 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 1 65,096 50.3%
1958 35 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,233 100.0%
1958 35 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,613 54.6%
1960 37 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,306 100.0%
1960 37 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 1 81,018 60.3%
1962 39 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,898 100.0%
1962 39 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,556 59.9%
1964 41 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,317 100.0%
1964 41 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 1 115,799 61.4%
1966 43 WV R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,777 100.0%
1966 43 WV R U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,364 70.9%
1968 45 WV R Governor Primary 1 106,299 57.0%
1968 45 WV R Governor General 1 378,315 50.9%
1972 49 WV R Governor Primary 1 155,890 100.0%
1972 49 WV R Governor General 1 423,817 54.7%
1978 55 WV R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 90,406 90.6%
1978 55 WV R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 244,317 49.5%
1980 57 WV R Governor Primary 1 137,576 100.0%
1980 57 WV R Governor General 2 337,240 44.9%
1984 61 WV R Governor Primary 1 135,877 100.0%
1984 61 WV R Governor General 1 394,937 53.3%
1988 65 WV R Governor Primary 1 78,495 53.2%
1988 65 WV R Governor General 2 267,172 41.1%


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



Ideology Data for Arch Moore


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
1957 34 House 64 34 R 73 25 96 33
1958 35 House 59 35 R 46 36 84 42
1959 36 House 55 45 50 42 R 44 48 90 44
1960 37 House 26 74 49 47 R 49 49 95 44
1961 38 House 65 22 62 24 D 38 54 90 20 77
1962 39 House 75 12 79 12 D 38 58 93 25 79
1963 40 House 80 13 71 17 D 38 55 90 33 75
1964 41 House 92 8 73 21 D 42 46 93 33 69
1965 42 House 78 12 78 14 D 44 54 95 6 88
1966 43 House 70 14 69 18 D 47 44 91 7 81
1967 44 House 70 22 69 24 D 43 39 85 29 50
1968 45 House 39 12 29 11 D 25 23 48 38 77
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.