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William Moorhead

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 8, 1923 in Pittsburgh, PA
Died: August 3, 1987 in The Plains, VA

Education:

  • Yale University, 1944
  • Harvard University Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Pittsburgh solicitor, 1954-1957
  • Allegheny County Housing Authority, 1956-1958


Election Results for William Moorhead


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 35 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 82,081 67.3%
1960 37 PA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 41,303 81.5%
1960 37 PA D U.S. House District 28 General 1 99,491 67.8%
1962 39 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 93,130 65.7%
1964 41 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,525 74.8%
1966 43 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 45,551 83.7%
1966 43 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 83,967 68.3%
1968 45 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 96,117 69.4%
1970 47 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 37,370 69.8%
1970 47 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 72,509 76.5%
1972 49 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 58,275 86.0%
1972 49 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 106,158 59.3%
1974 51 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 93,169 77.4%
1976 53 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 114,472 71.7%
1978 55 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 44,603 76.0%
1978 55 PA D U.S. House District 14 General 1 68,004 57.0%
1980 57 PA D U.S. House District 14 Primary 2 24,209 31.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Moorhead


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
1959 36 House 9 91 94 4 R 46 50 95 100
1960 37 House 11 89 82 16 R 60 35 95 100
1961 38 House 4 87 88 7 D 91 6 93 100 0
1962 39 House 6 94 89 5 D 93 7 90 88 0
1963 40 House 0 93 91 3 D 87 4 90 100 0
1964 41 House 8 92 87 3 D 87 4 88 92 7
1965 42 House 6 86 85 6 D 83 5 90 84 13
1966 43 House 0 92 79 0 D 75 4 80 94 0
1967 44 House 2 83 83 6 D 77 6 84 93 0
1968 45 House 8 73 74 7 D 78 4 79 92 14
1969 46 House 4 82 73 15 R 55 40 90 93 0
1970 47 House 11 61 68 14 R 51 32 76 93 11
1971 48 House 10 80 80 5 R 40 51 88 97 6
1972 49 House 6 85 81 10 R 41 46 87 100 0
1973 50 House 11 84 83 8 R 24 64 87 84 4
1974 51 House 18 77 81 11 R 49 47 91 70* 6
1975 52 House 18 73 80 9 R 39 52 90 84 3
1976 53 House 16 74 84 6 R 27 65 91 90 3
1977 54 House 15 80 90 7 D 77 19 95 79 5
1978 55 House 14 81 87 6 D 82 13 91 68 0
1979 56 House 18 72 85 7 D 77 12 88 82 8
1980 57 House 14 62 78 4 D 65 11 78 83 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.