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William Natcher

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1909 in Bowling Green, KY
Died: May 29, 1994 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Western Kentucky University, B.A., 1930
  • Ohio State University, LL.B., 1933

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Warren County attorney, 1938-1950
  • KY Commonwealth attorney, 1951-1953


Election Results for William Natcher


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1953 43 KY D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 22,804 100.0%
1954 44 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 49,231 100.0%
1956 46 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,263 64.6%
1956 46 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 55,103 52.3%
1958 48 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 38,941 76.1%
1960 50 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 55,877 100.0%
1962 52 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 45,999 100.0%
1964 54 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,519 68.4%
1966 56 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 51,311 58.9%
1968 58 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 65,860 56.4%
1970 60 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 21,024 100.0%
1972 62 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,871 61.5%
1974 64 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,854 74.9%
1974 64 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 56,502 73.0%
1976 66 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,016 60.4%
1978 68 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 36,441 100.0%
1980 70 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,670 65.7%
1982 72 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,994 60.5%
1982 72 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 49,571 73.8%
1984 74 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,986 71.0%
1984 74 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 93,042 62.1%
1986 76 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,018 78.5%
1986 76 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 57,644 100.0%
1988 78 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,918 76.4%
1988 78 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 92,184 60.6%
1990 80 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,057 66.0%
1992 82 KY D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,351 70.9%
1992 82 KY D U.S. House District 02 General 1 126,894 61.4%


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



Ideology Data for William Natcher


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
1954 44 House 77 23 R 68 32 100 67
1955 45 House 84 16 R 54 46 100 90
1956 46 House 88 13 R 56 44 100 57
1957 47 House 85 15 R 67 33 100 78
1958 48 House 78 22 R 64 36 100 75
1959 49 House 82 18 81 19 R 43 57 100 67
1960 50 House 21 79 90 10 R 51 49 100 78
1961 51 House 43 57 79 21 D 82 18 100 80 7
1962 52 House 19 81 84 16 D 87 13 100 75 20
1963 53 House 47 53 86 14 D 87 13 100 67 44
1964 54 House 67 33 73 27 D 79 21 100 62 38
1965 55 House 61 39 68 31 D 79 21 100 37 47
1966 56 House 54 46 71 29 D 73 27 100 29 33
1967 57 House 65 35 71 29 D 80 20 100 40 43
1968 58 House 61 39 63 37 D 72 28 100 42 35
1969 59 House 76 24 58 42 R 53 47 100 27 67
1970 60 House 73 27 61 39 R 68 32 100 22 44
1971 61 House 73 27 61 39 R 63 37 100 30 65
1972 62 House 70 30 55 45 R 54 46 100 31 30
1973 63 House 50 50 75 25 R 39 61 100 52 24
1974 64 House 56 44 71 29 R 60 40 100 48 29
1975 65 House 53 47 71 29 R 29 71 100 42 42
1976 66 House 66 34 65 33 R 43 57 100 45 34
1977 67 House 61 39 69 31 D 63 37 100 30 47
1978 68 House 43 57 77 23 D 66 34 100 35 25
1979 69 House 69 31 67 33 D 60 40 100 42 31
1980 70 House 75 25 65 35 D 60 40 100 50 53
1981 71 House 75 25 69 31 R 54 46 100 35 25
1982 72 House 63 37 74 26 R 48 52 100 55 41
1983 73 House 53 47 83 17 R 32 68 100 65 27
1984 74 House 46 54 85 15 R 34 66 100 55 30
1985 75 House 56 44 87 13 R 30 70 100 60 21
1986 76 House 58 42 89 11 R 29 71 100 65 23
1987 77 House 65 35 91 9 R 34 66 100 76 13
1988 78 House 42 58 94 6 R 26 74 100 75 16
1989 79 House 61 39 83 17 R 49 51 100 65 25
1990 80 House 67 33 86 14 R 29 71 100 61 25
1991 81 House 57 43 88 12 R 35 65 100 50 20
1992 82 House 60 40 89 11 R 38 62 100 85 17
1993 83 House 64 36 92 8 D 90 10 100 65 17
1994 84 House 0 0 36 0 D 47 0 39 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   32%


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.