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Ted Stevens

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 18, 1923 in Indianapolis, IN
Died: August 9, 2010 near Dillingham, AK (plane crash)

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1943-1946

Elected Office:

  • AK House, 1965-1968
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on December 24, 1968 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Bob Bartlett

Other notes:

  • Indicted by a federal grand jury on July 29, 2008, for allegedly making false statements on financial disclosure forms
  • Case dismissed on April 7, 2009, at the request of the government because prosecutors concealed evidence of innocence


Election Results for Ted Stevens


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 38 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 11,000 72.5%
1962 38 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 24,354 41.9%
1968 44 AK R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 9,111 46.9%
1970 46 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Open Primary 1 39,062 55.9%
1970 46 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 47,908 59.6%
1972 48 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 41,126 100.0%
1972 48 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 74,216 77.3%
1978 54 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 83,528 100.0%
1978 54 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 92,783 75.6%
1984 60 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 65,522 100.0%
1984 60 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 146,919 71.2%
1990 66 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 81,968 70.2%
1990 66 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 125,806 66.2%
1996 72 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 71,043 67.7%
1996 72 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 177,893 76.7%
2002 78 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 64,315 88.9%
2002 78 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 179,438 78.2%
2008 84 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 66,900 63.5%
2008 84 AK R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 147,814 46.5%


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



Ideology Data for Ted Stevens


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
1969 45 Senate 59 14 55 18 R 67 15 78 25 62
1970 46 Senate 36 31 38 36 R 58 20 72 29 53
1971 47 Senate 56 33 50 38 R 60 24 84 48 50
1972 48 Senate 26 51 38 51 R 43 43 90 37 33
1973 49 Senate 71 22 62 30 R 57 34 90 15 60
1974 50 Senate 49 48 44 50 R 43 47 94 52 25
1975 51 Senate 55 31 57 27 R 71 17 87 33* 44
1976 52 Senate 74 14 64 25 R 57 25 88 41 53
1977 53 Senate 79 15 65 22 D 52 38 88 15 62
1978 54 Senate 68 21 71 20 D 28 64 89 11 67
1979 55 Senate 67 21 60 28 D 46 42 88 21 66
1980 56 Senate 75 14 68 21 D 38 47 89 44 56
1981 57 Senate 79 13 81 10 R 76 14 90 18 53
1982 58 Senate 90 4 85 8 R 74 18 95 16 53
1983 59 Senate 77 16 80 17 R 92 5 92 15 44
1984 60 Senate 94 4 85 8 R 84 12 92 21 67
1985 61 Senate 90 3 71 21 R 75 16 90 10 62
1986 62 Senate 88 9 83 15 R 83 11 95 15 68
1987 63 Senate 81 19 64 27 R 65 26 90 26 65
1988 64 Senate 78 19 71 27 R 67 30 96 26 64
1989 65 Senate 87 13 73 27 R 87 13 99 20 60
1990 66 Senate 84 5 66 31 R 72 23 96 35 65
1991 67 Senate 85 10 78 20 R 83 14 97 11 76
1992 68 Senate 84 11 80 18 R 78 20 98 20 73
1993 69 Senate 88 7 80 18 D 31 65 98 26 80
1994 70 Senate 84 13 69 25 D 45 42 93 29 77
1995 71 Senate 88 5 86 10 D 30 66 96 5 73
1996 72 Senate 87 8 89 9 D 44 54 98 21 80
1997 73 Senate 96 4 78 21 D 71 29 99 30 61
1998 74 Senate 88 13 82 18 D 53 44 99 20 56
1999 75 Senate 90 10 89 10 D 36 64 99 10 84
2000 76 Senate 92 8 92 8 D 56 44 99 5 92
2001 77 Senate 73 10 R 97 3 88 21 92
2002 78 Senate 85 11 R 96 2 97 11 83
2003 79 Senate 95 5 R 93 4 99 10 70
2004 80 Senate 97 3 R 95 5 99 20 92
2005 81 Senate 94 5 R 89 9 99 5 80
2006 82 Senate 78 20 R 87 9 99 5 64
2007 83 Senate 68 28 R 76 22 96 25 64
2008 84 Senate 68 25 R 61 33 95 35 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   65%


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.