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Harold Volkmer

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 4, 1931 in Jefferson City, MO
Died: April 15, 2011 in Hannibal, MO

Education:

  • University of Missouri, LL.B., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant MO Attorney General, 1955
  • Marion County prosecutor, 1960-1966

Elected Office:

  • MO House, 1967-1976


Election Results for Harold Volkmer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 45 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 36,168 34.8%
1976 45 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 120,325 55.9%
1978 47 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 75,713 100.0%
1978 47 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 135,170 74.7%
1980 49 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 73,258 86.4%
1980 49 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 135,905 56.5%
1982 51 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 56,639 100.0%
1982 51 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 99,228 60.8%
1984 53 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 123,588 52.9%
1986 55 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 95,939 57.5%
1988 57 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 58,105 100.0%
1988 57 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 160,872 67.9%
1990 59 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 49,642 100.0%
1990 59 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 94,156 57.5%
1992 61 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 45,899 57.1%
1992 61 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 124,694 47.7%
1994 63 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 45,125 67.5%
1994 63 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 1 103,443 50.5%
1996 65 MO D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 43,010 71.7%
1996 65 MO D U.S. House District 09 General 2 117,685 47.0%


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



Ideology Data for Harold Volkmer


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
1977 46 House 47 52 58 40 D 66 29 98 60 37
1978 47 House 55 43 54 45 D 59 40 99 45 33
1979 48 House 65 35 58 40 D 68 30 97 37 42
1980 49 House 62 35 64 35 D 68 29 96 39 26
1981 50 House 67 29 65 31 R 43 51 91 33 33
1982 51 House 55 41 66 34 R 35 60 97 45 55
1983 52 House 46 54 71 29 R 26 74 99 80 18
1984 53 House 56 44 72 27 R 42 56 98 55 26
1985 54 House 55 44 77 21 R 30 70 98 40 32
1986 55 House 60 40 79 20 R 33 67 98 45 32
1987 56 House 74 26 77 20 R 34 66 98 64 9
1988 57 House 79 13 72 23 R 35 60 95 65 33
1989 58 House 80 20 72 28 R 53 47 100 60 25
1990 59 House 81 19 73 25 R 35 65 98 39 38
1991 60 House 89 11 71 28 R 49 50 97 35 42
1992 61 House 81 15 70 26 R 42 57 96 50 38
1993 62 House 75 25 78 21 D 75 25 99 55 29
1994 63 House 83 17 77 22 D 72 26 98 47 48
1995 64 House 45 41 67 18 D 53 23 83 69 29
1996 65 House 67 33 80 20 D 76 23 99 60 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   33%


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.