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Charlie Wilson

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 1, 1933 in Trinity, TX
Died: February 10, 2010 in Lufkin, TX

Education:

  • Attended Sam Houston State University
  • U.S. Naval Academy, B.S., 1956

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1956-1960

Career:

  • Lumber company manager, 1961-1972

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1960-1966
  • TX Senate, 1966-1972


Election Results for Charlie Wilson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 39 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 85,517 63.6%
1972 39 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,345 73.8%
1974 41 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 57,096 99.9%
1976 43 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 89,349 76.6%
1976 43 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 133,910 95.0%
1978 45 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 66,986 70.1%
1980 47 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 88,557 77.8%
1980 47 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 142,496 69.3%
1982 49 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 66,492 74.1%
1982 49 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,762 94.3%
1984 51 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 61,684 55.2%
1984 51 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,225 59.3%
1986 53 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 78,529 66.4%
1988 55 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 145,614 87.7%
1990 57 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,974 55.6%
1992 59 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 74,674 70.8%
1992 59 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 118,625 56.1%
1994 61 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 55,676 67.6%
1994 61 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,709 57.0%


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



Ideology Data for Charlie 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
1973 40 House 38 53 71 20 R 29 58 87 52 42
1974 41 House 43 46 64 25 R 55 26 86 39* 40
1975 42 House 45 38 55 26 R 52 29 77 42* 41
1976 43 House 46 34 56 27 R 45 39 82 29 44
1977 44 House 45 41 65 21 D 49 33 83 26 22
1978 45 House 48 37 59 27 D 54 35 80 41 41
1979 46 House 63 28 57 32 D 55 32 82 21 56
1980 47 House 63 17 52 27 D 49 26 76 19 56
1981 48 House 68 24 54 36 R 57 34 86 21 45
1982 49 House 63 15 51 30 R 47 30 76 33 42
1983 50 House 66 13 53 28 R 45 37 78 47 50
1984 51 House 59 15 44 21 R 36 32 64 41 28
1985 52 House 60 22 63 15 R 40 43 74 44 50
1986 53 House 72 12 61 18 R 38 50 81 44 50
1987 54 House 65 26 66 17 R 39 54 86 61 43
1988 55 House 53 34 61 20 R 36 43 80 44 55
1989 56 House 51 39 61 20 R 47 38 84 50 50
1990 57 House 61 26 64 18 R 35 50 82 50 40
1991 58 House 86 5 61 23 R 32 52 84 26 30
1992 59 House 77 19 66 19 R 37 54 85 76 43
1993 60 House 70 23 70 15 D 79 13 81 60 29
1994 61 House 69 11 72 16 D 68 23 89 59 53
1995 62 House 80 7 53 33 D 59 28 85 71 27
1996 63 House 61 12 50 21 D 59 14 70 57 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   41%


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.