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Bob Wilson

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 5, 1916 in Calexico, CA
Died: August 12, 1999 in Chula Vista, CA

Education:

  • Attended San Diego State College and Otis Art Istitute

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve

Career:

  • Partner in advertising agencies
  • Chairman of Republican Congressional Campaign Committee, 1962-1966


Election Results for Bob Wilson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 36 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 33,211 52.8%
1952 36 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 2 20,683 31.2%
1952 36 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 121,332 59.6%
1954 38 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 49,889 90.2%
1954 38 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 2 20,940 35.1%
1954 38 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 94,623 60.4%
1956 40 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 66,792 95.4%
1956 40 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 2 32,043 44.9%
1956 40 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 142,753 66.7%
1958 42 CA D U.S. House District 30 Primary 2 18,238 23.9%
1958 42 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 58,564 86.8%
1958 42 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 112,290 55.4%
1960 44 CA R (write-in) U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 486 0.5%
1960 44 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 76,750 100.0%
1960 44 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 28 Primary 3 1,083 1.3%
1960 44 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 30 Primary 3 10,285 13.0%
1960 44 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 1 158,679 59.3%
1962 46 CA R U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 54,769 100.0%
1962 46 CA R U.S. House District 36 General 1 91,626 61.8%
1964 48 CA R U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 63,389 100.0%
1964 48 CA R U.S. House District 36 General 1 105,346 59.1%
1966 50 CA R U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 63,193 100.0%
1966 50 CA R U.S. House District 36 General 1 119,274 72.7%
1968 52 CA R U.S. House District 36 General 1 148,854 71.6%
1970 54 CA R U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 66,977 100.0%
1970 54 CA R U.S. House District 36 General 1 132,446 71.5%
1972 56 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 74,907 100.0%
1972 56 CA R U.S. House District 40 General 1 155,269 67.8%
1974 58 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 49,347 100.0%
1974 58 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 94,709 54.5%
1976 60 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 69,990 100.0%
1976 60 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 128,784 57.7%
1978 62 CA R U.S. House District 41 Primary 1 66,029 100.0%
1978 62 CA R U.S. House District 41 General 1 107,685 58.1%


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



Ideology Data for Bob Wilson


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
1953 37 House 84 8 R 94 89 30
1954 38 House 80 10 R 71 16 86 33
1955 39 House 81 10 R 61 27 86 25
1956 40 House 53 13 R 53 18 68 60
1957 41 House 53 15 R 50 25 69 63
1958 42 House 57 24 R 58 22 85 18
1959 43 House 91 9 79 8 R 74 11 85 22
1960 44 House 84 11 69 20 R 63 28 88 25
1961 45 House 74 4 79 5 D 32 45 80 10 83
1962 46 House 37 19 65 11 D 33 43 69 13 82
1963 47 House 67 0 72 10 D 30 49 76 8 93
1964 48 House 67 8 58 11 D 33 52 70 8 93
1965 49 House 84 0 73 3 D 29 50 78 0 100
1966 50 House 68 3 68 9 D 23 45 66 0 88
1967 51 House 70 15 71 11 D 39 36 78 8 79
1968 52 House 69 6 63 7 D 45 37 76 0 77
1969 53 House 67 22 53 24 R 74 9 79 0 57
1970 54 House 61 9 63 14 R 78 2 74 27 87
1971 55 House 72 4 64 9 R 77 7 73 4 74
1972 56 House 68 10 69 16 R 70 11 74 8 80
1973 57 House 71 19 69 21 R 65 23 88 0 80
1974 58 House 81 11 71 22 R 72 23 90 9 62
1975 59 House 75 14 67 19 R 67 18 96 11* 82
1976 60 House 72 20 64 23 R 78 18 87 0 71
1977 61 House 76 11 63 21 D 42 44 81 0 72
1978 62 House 76 18 67 27 D 35 57 91 15 88
1979 63 House 64 13 50 22 D 28 45 69 0 87
1980 64 House 40 12 35 20 D 29 26 56 17 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.