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William Roth

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 22, 1921 in Great Falls, MT
Died: December 13, 2003 in Wilmington, DE

Education:

  • University of Oregon, B.A., 1943
  • Harvard University, M.B.A. & LL.B., 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for William Roth


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 38 DE R Lt. Governor General 2 96,671 49.7%
1966 44 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 90,961 55.8%
1968 46 DE R U.S. House At-Large District General 1 117,827 58.7%
1970 48 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 94,979 58.8%
1976 54 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 125,502 55.8%
1982 60 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 105,357 55.2%
1988 66 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 151,115 62.1%
1994 72 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 111,088 55.8%
2000 78 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 142,891 43.7%


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



Ideology Data for William Roth


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
1967 45 House 87 13 84 16 D 52 48 100 7 93
1968 46 House 71 16 74 15 D 54 35 88 9 86
1969 47 House 73 24 85 15 R 70 30 99 7 60
1970 48 House 75 25 69 25 R 72 26 97 22 56
1971 49 Senate 79 21 84 15 R 85 15 99 19 90
1972 50 Senate 84 14 79 19 R 83 17 96 25 67
1973 51 Senate 79 20 76 22 R 71 25 96 40 68
1974 52 Senate 76 19 68 28 R 71 27 97 38 50
1975 53 Senate 64 28 68 28 R 71 27 94 33* 71
1976 54 Senate 75 19 70 24 R 66 28 94 17 75
1977 55 Senate 87 8 81 14 D 58 39 95 22 77
1978 56 Senate 80 15 82 14 D 32 62 95 16 88
1979 57 Senate 67 23 72 22 D 46 47 95 22 70
1980 58 Senate 87 10 85 12 D 41 55 96 22 80
1981 59 Senate 75 24 72 26 R 75 24 98 20 67
1982 60 Senate 83 16 76 22 R 77 20 97 50 50
1983 61 Senate 77 20 80 18 R 76 22 98 30 56
1984 62 Senate 83 15 85 10 R 74 18 96 11 73
1985 63 Senate 72 27 81 18 R 84 16 98 20 67
1986 64 Senate 80 17 83 13 R 83 16 97 15 76
1987 65 Senate 88 13 76 20 R 65 31 97 21 80
1988 66 Senate 70 30 51 47 R 72 27 96 20 60
1989 67 Senate 89 8 85 14 R 94 5 97 0 79
1990 68 Senate 76 24 80 20 R 72 28 99 22 87
1991 69 Senate 68 28 78 20 R 83 16 98 21 81
1992 70 Senate 79 18 79 14 R 67 22 89 28 74
1993 71 Senate 78 22 77 22 D 40 60 99 45 80
1994 72 Senate 66 34 76 22 D 56 44 98 37 68
1995 73 Senate 88 12 84 14 D 42 55 99 5 74
1996 74 Senate 84 13 88 9 D 42 56 98 11 85
1997 75 Senate 88 12 79 20 D 62 33 98 10 67
1998 76 Senate 75 0 75 21 D 58 33 96 15 65
1999 77 Senate 85 15 85 14 D 44 56 99 5 84
2000 78 Senate 78 22 72 20 D 68 32 90 20 87
Lifetime conservative rating:   74%


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.