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Roy Rowland

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 3, 1926 in Wrightsville, GA
Died: April 25, 2022 in Dublin, GA

Education:

  • Attended University of Georgia, 1946-1948
  • Medical College of Georgia, M.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Physician, 1952-1982

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1976-1982


Election Results for Roy Rowland


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 56 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 52,602 47.8%
1982 56 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary Runoff 1 45,016 57.9%
1982 56 GA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,009 100.0%
1984 58 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 100,149 100.0%
1984 58 GA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,936 100.0%
1986 60 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 57,204 100.0%
1986 60 GA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 82,254 86.4%
1988 62 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 101,845 86.3%
1988 62 GA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 102,696 100.0%
1990 64 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 75,566 100.0%
1990 64 GA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 81,344 68.7%
1992 66 GA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 85,689 67.6%
1992 66 GA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 108,472 55.7%


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



Ideology Data for Roy Rowland


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
1983 57 House 88 12 60 38 R 44 55 98 40 64
1984 58 House 78 19 71 27 R 50 48 98 45 43
1985 59 House 96 4 75 25 R 50 50 99 30 63
1986 60 House 88 12 73 27 R 44 56 100 40 55
1987 61 House 93 7 71 25 R 43 57 97 40 30
1988 62 House 82 8 79 18 R 36 62 97 58 46
1989 63 House 98 2 73 25 R 52 45 98 30 54
1990 64 House 91 9 73 22 R 42 58 96 33 42
1991 65 House 84 5 70 21 R 50 47 93 37 42
1992 66 House 85 10 70 29 R 44 52 98 50 46
1993 67 House 89 11 73 26 D 71 29 99 20 58
1994 68 House 86 6 70 25 D 78 17 96 37 58
Lifetime conservative rating:   50%


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.