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Richard White

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1923 in El Paso, TX
Died: February 18, 1998 in El Paso, TX

Education:

  • Attended Texas Western College, 1940-1942
  • University of Texas, 1946, Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1945
  • Awarded the Purple Heart medal

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • El Paso County chairman, 1963-1965

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1955-1958


Election Results for Richard White


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 41 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,161 48.2%
1964 41 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary Runoff 1 19,328 53.3%
1964 41 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 70,262 55.7%
1966 43 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 33,179 100.0%
1968 45 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 62,491 73.5%
1970 47 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 41,142 67.7%
1970 47 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 54,617 82.7%
1972 49 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 81,347 100.0%
1974 51 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 42,880 100.0%
1976 53 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 38,468 56.7%
1976 53 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 71,876 57.8%
1978 55 TX D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 48,493 79.9%
1978 55 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 53,090 70.0%
1980 57 TX D U.S. House District 16 General 1 104,734 84.6%


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



Ideology Data for Richard White


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
1965 42 House 71 27 55 43 D 64 35 99 16 71
1966 43 House 68 32 71 29 D 79 21 100 6 44
1967 44 House 69 30 62 34 D 65 23 93 33 79
1968 45 House 71 25 52 40 D 69 27 96 25 48
1969 46 House 67 31 58 40 R 62 38 98 33 40
1970 47 House 66 30 56 39 R 58 28 91 29 47
1971 48 House 76 18 51 45 R 74 21 97 23 89
1972 49 House 65 32 58 42 R 54 43 95 13 60
1973 50 House 71 26 57 38 R 38 54 92 28 58
1974 51 House 77 18 41 51 R 72 25 93 9* 76
1975 52 House 83 16 52 48 R 49 51 99 11* 58
1976 53 House 73 10 41 43 R 41 43 84 26 75
1977 54 House 90 10 43 53 D 51 48 96 10 63
1978 55 House 82 12 38 54 D 35 54 92 25 71
1979 56 House 92 7 37 61 D 36 62 97 0 72
1980 57 House 69 14 47 37 D 49 37 84 17 79
1981 58 House 87 8 45 48 R 67 21 91 10 67
1982 59 House 90 5 49 46 R 58 39 94 16 55
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.