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Ray Roberts

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 28, 1913 in McKinney, TX
Died: April 13, 1992 in Denton, TX

Education:

  • Attended Texas A&M University, North Texas State University and University of Texas

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945 and Korea
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • Staff, Rep. Sam Rayburn, 1941-1942
  • Businessman

Elected Office:

  • TX Senate, 1955-1962


Election Results for Ray Roberts


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 49 TX D U.S. House District 04 Special Open Primary 1 8,154 36.9%
1962 49 TX D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 16,109 54.3%
1962 49 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 23,573 72.0%
1964 51 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 46,782 81.4%
1966 53 TX D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,262 56.2%
1966 53 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 51,895 100.0%
1968 55 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 95,413 100.0%
1970 57 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 70,103 100.0%
1972 59 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 95,674 70.2%
1974 61 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 48,209 74.9%
1976 63 TX D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 52,232 64.9%
1976 63 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,394 62.7%
1978 65 TX D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 53,522 67.7%
1978 65 TX D U.S. House District 04 General 1 58,336 61.5%


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



Ideology Data for Ray Roberts


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
1962 49 House 50 37 73 25 D 75 24 97 57 36
1963 50 House 60 20 60 22 D 65 24 87 33 67
1964 51 House 67 25 53 34 D 67 25 88 69 50
1965 52 House 73 25 55 36 D 53 32 89 21 71
1966 53 House 62 16 39 36 D 50 25 72 6 75
1967 54 House 63 20 55 34 D 57 28 87 13 77
1968 55 House 84 8 40 51 D 58 37 91 25 61
1969 56 House 78 7 36 51 R 47 45 90 7 86
1970 57 House 84 7 43 47 R 48 37 87 11 65
1971 58 House 73 7 29 52 R 70 11 81 3 100
1972 59 House 80 11 28 62 R 43 49 88 6 80
1973 60 House 84 8 39 56 R 56 36 93 12 70
1974 61 House 80 5 31 53 R 55 25 86 0* 79
1975 62 House 84 8 35 57 R 49 43 92 5* 64
1976 63 House 75 6 31 54 R 53 33 83 18 81
1977 64 House 91 6 36 58 D 35 58 92 0 71
1978 65 House 76 7 31 52 D 30 54 82 17 87
1979 66 House 72 8 37 44 D 35 50 79 13 73
1980 67 House 57 14 41 36 D 36 31 73 8 58
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.