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David Satterfield

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 2, 1920 in Richmond, VA
Died: September 30, 1988 in Richmond, VA

Education:

  • Attended University of Richmond and University of Virginia

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945
  • U.S. Naval Air Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. attorney, 1950-1953

Elected Office:

  • Richmond city council, 1954-1956
  • VA House, 1960-1964

Other notes:

  • Son of Dave Satterfield


Election Results for David Satterfield


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 43 VA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,542 72.2%
1964 43 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 43,880 34.5%
1966 45 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 51,576 99.6%
1968 47 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 94,118 60.2%
1970 49 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 73,123 67.2%
1972 51 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 102,523 99.8%
1974 53 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 64,627 88.5%
1976 55 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 129,066 87.9%
1978 57 VA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 104,550 87.7%


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



Ideology Data for David Satterfield


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
1965 44 House 100 0 17 82 D 38 62 99 0 100
1966 45 House 97 0 14 83 D 36 61 96 0 93
1967 46 House 94 4 18 80 D 43 57 95 7 93
1968 47 House 92 0 17 71 D 41 47 85 0 100
1969 48 House 98 0 16 82 R 51 49 99 0 93
1970 49 House 91 7 18 72 R 57 37 87 0 78
1971 50 House 95 5 21 77 R 77 21 97 8 90
1972 51 House 89 4 13 81 R 43 49 96 0 90
1973 52 House 95 3 16 81 R 65 30 94 0 88
1974 53 House 96 3 11 88 R 68 32 99 0 86
1975 54 House 92 3 13 83 R 60 39 96 0* 100
1976 55 House 99 1 8 91 R 75 25 98 0 97
1977 56 House 95 3 12 87 D 28 72 99 0 95
1978 57 House 94 3 9 87 D 22 78 95 11 91
1979 58 House 98 1 12 87 D 21 77 97 0 92
1980 59 House 87 4 18 77 D 32 59 87 6 94
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.