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Robert Stephens

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 14, 1913 in Atlanta, GA
Died: February 20, 2003 in Athens, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia, A.B., 1935, M.A., 1937, LL.B., 1941
  • Attended University of Hamburg, 1935-1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Instructor at University of Georgia, 1936-1940, 1946-1947
  • Lawyer
  • Athens city attorney, 1947-1950

Elected Office:

  • GA Senate, 1951-1953
  • GA House, 1953-1959


Election Results for Robert Stephens


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 46 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 22,154 56.3%
1960 46 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 41,679 99.9%
1962 48 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 58,745 100.0%
1962 48 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 27,169 100.0%
1964 50 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 28,612 79.7%
1964 50 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 45,418 100.0%
1966 52 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 67,796 100.0%
1966 52 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 54,141 65.7%
1968 54 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 63,179 100.0%
1968 54 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 80,674 100.0%
1970 56 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 55,786 100.0%
1970 56 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 74,075 100.0%
1972 58 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 59,714 84.4%
1972 58 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 68,096 100.0%
1974 60 GA D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 53,236 100.0%
1974 60 GA D U.S. House District 10 General 1 45,843 68.4%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Stephens


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
1961 47 House 83 4 55 38 D 52 38 92 20 64
1962 48 House 88 12 65 33 D 70 28 98 50 53
1963 49 House 73 7 58 19 D 62 15 77 50 57
1964 50 House 50 50 87 8 D 85 10 93 75 33
1965 51 House 59 27 48 33 D 56 26 80 13 76
1966 52 House 30 5 23 23 D 29 22 51 15 62
1967 53 House 57 19 53 26 D 57 18 68 29 58
1968 54 House 63 12 41 34 D 50 25 69 33 36
1969 55 House 58 7 31 33 R 38 26 69 0 82
1970 56 House 75 5 39 36 R 51 22 71 7 73
1971 57 House 66 13 43 37 R 63 21 78 23 50
1972 58 House 71 10 28 47 R 68 22 78 8 78
1973 59 House 68 12 46 41 R 50 42 81 20 68
1974 60 House 60 15 42 36 R 55 21 77 22* 69
1975 61 House 72 9 32 49 R 52 39 80 0 67
1976 62 House 52 16 30 31 R 33 22 61 13 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.