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Richardson Preyer

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 11, 1919 in Greensboro, NC
Died: April 3, 2001 in Greensboro, NC

Education:

  • Princeton University, A.B., 1941
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Municipal judge, 1953-1954
  • NC superior court judge, 1956-1961
  • VP of North Carolina National Bank, 1964-1966


Election Results for Richardson Preyer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 45 NC D Governor Primary 1 281,430 36.6%
1964 45 NC D Governor Primary Runoff 2 293,863 38.0%
1968 49 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 76,028 53.6%
1970 51 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 47,693 66.0%
1972 53 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 82,158 93.9%
1974 55 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 56,507 63.7%
1976 57 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 103,851 96.3%
1978 59 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 58,193 68.4%
1980 61 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 44,278 79.9%
1980 61 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 2 76,957 48.9%


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



Ideology Data for Richardson Preyer


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
1969 50 House 47 40 64 27 R 62 34 94 31 53
1970 51 House 48 34 65 22 R 71 25 91 41 41
1971 52 House 45 55 76 23 R 61 39 97 51 10
1972 53 House 51 39 55 36 R 68 27 92 47 40
1973 54 House 56 41 69 27 R 49 50 96 54 28
1974 55 House 58 36 59 35 R 63 33 95 30 29
1975 56 House 61 38 69 30 R 46 54 99 37 33
1976 57 House 52 48 77 22 R 36 60 97 45 26
1977 58 House 30 55 80 18 D 76 22 97 47 24
1978 59 House 39 58 76 19 D 75 21 95 58 13
1979 60 House 43 54 82 15 D 76 19 96 67 26
1980 61 House 52 40 75 19 D 77 19 94 47 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.