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Malcolm Wallop

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 27, 1933 in New York City, NY
Died: September 14, 2011 near Big Horn, WY

Education:

  • Yale University, B.A., 1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1955-1957

Career:

  • Cattle rancher/businessman

Elected Office:

  • WY House, 1969-1972
  • WY Senate, 1973-1976


Election Results for Malcolm Wallop


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 41 WY R Governor Primary 2 14,688 25.1%
1976 43 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 41,445 76.6%
1976 43 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 84,810 54.6%
1982 49 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 61,650 80.9%
1982 49 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 94,725 56.7%
1988 55 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 55,752 83.2%
1988 55 WY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 91,143 50.4%


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



Ideology Data for Malcolm Wallop


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 44 Senate 94 3 84 9 D 45 48 90 0 89
1978 45 Senate 80 10 79 11 D 30 61 90 12 92
1979 46 Senate 82 7 80 9 D 35 60 93 11* 84
1980 47 Senate 81 15 80 13 D 40 53 89 25 90
1981 48 Senate 93 1 91 3 R 85 9 93 10 71
1982 49 Senate 86 5 82 10 R 71 18 91 10 78
1983 50 Senate 82 9 83 9 R 72 22 94 5 64
1984 51 Senate 94 0 91 1 R 86 4 91 6 91
1985 52 Senate 83 5 88 5 R 73 14 91 0 95
1986 53 Senate 95 1 94 3 R 93 5 95 0 100
1987 54 Senate 88 3 87 6 R 74 15 91 0 96
1988 55 Senate 89 0 85 1 R 72 16 83 0 100
1989 56 Senate 92 3 91 4 R 78 13 94 0 100
1990 57 Senate 89 5 88 6 R 76 17 90 6 96
1991 58 Senate 83 10 94 4 R 86 10 96 5 95
1992 59 Senate 92 0 89 3 R 78 18 94 13 100
1993 60 Senate 83 5 95 1 D 13 83 95 6 95
1994 61 Senate 81 6 84 4 D 19 68 87 7 95
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.