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Bud Shuster

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1932 in Glassport, PA
Died: April 19, 2023 in Everett, PA

Education:

  • University of Pittsburgh, B.S., 1954
  • Duquesne University, M.B.A., 1960
  • American University, Ph.D., 1967

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1954-1956

Career:

  • Computer business executive, 1965-1972

Other notes:

  • Father of Bill Shuster


Election Results for Bud Shuster


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 40 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,899 52.0%
1972 40 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 95,913 61.7%
1974 42 PA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 3 2,976 12.7%
1974 42 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 73,881 56.5%
1976 44 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 154,359 100.0%
1978 46 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 101,151 74.9%
1980 48 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 157,241 100.0%
1982 50 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 92,322 65.1%
1984 52 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 36,524 100.0%
1984 52 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,437 66.5%
1986 54 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 120,890 100.0%
1988 56 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 158,702 100.0%
1990 58 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 106,632 100.0%
1992 60 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 182,406 100.0%
1994 62 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 50,099 100.0%
1994 62 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 146,688 99.7%
1996 64 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 34,793 100.0%
1996 64 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 142,105 73.7%
1998 66 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,768 80.9%
1998 66 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 125,409 99.5%
2000 68 PA R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,252 99.6%
2000 68 PA R U.S. House District 09 General 1 184,401 99.4%


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



Ideology Data for Bud Shuster


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
1973 41 House 95 5 88 12 R 66 34 100 4 92
1974 42 House 85 13 80 19 R 68 32 98 13* 81
1975 43 House 90 9 89 10 R 60 39 98 0 89
1976 44 House 94 5 91 9 R 76 24 98 0 97
1977 45 House 96 4 90 10 D 39 61 99 15 100
1978 46 House 91 7 90 8 D 22 73 98 5 92
1979 47 House 87 5 90 6 D 21 74 94 0 97
1980 48 House 91 2 94 4 D 31 58 94 6 95
1981 49 House 99 1 89 11 R 76 22 98 0 100
1982 50 House 60 18 60 13 R 56 23 78 24 85
1983 51 House 90 8 85 5 R 71 21 91 0 91
1984 52 House 90 8 83 15 R 63 37 99 0 83
1985 53 House 87 11 86 10 R 66 34 97 10 79
1986 54 House 90 8 85 11 R 77 22 96 5 90
1987 55 House 88 12 74 23 R 66 31 96 21 70
1988 56 House 89 5 75 21 R 68 27 95 5 100
1989 57 House 100 0 74 26 R 76 23 99 10 89
1990 58 House 85 9 78 19 R 63 36 96 12 96
1991 59 House 92 3 75 20 R 68 28 96 17 95
1992 60 House 92 8 86 10 R 74 26 96 5 100
1993 61 House 82 11 90 6 D 22 75 96 11 96
1994 62 House 92 6 92 7 D 45 54 98 0 100
1995 63 House 90 7 93 4 D 14 83 97 0 87
1996 64 House 92 8 92 7 D 34 63 98 0 100
1997 65 House 87 9 89 7 D 25 72 96 17 84
1998 66 House 90 2 90 4 D 24 71 94 13 96
1999 67 House 87 7 D 17 76 94 6 83
2000 68 House 78 8 D 28 58 87 0 83
2001 69 House 1 0 R 0 0 1 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   91%


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.