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Hugh Addonizio

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 31, 1914 in Newark, NJ
Died: February 2, 1981 in Red Bank, NJ (cardiac arrest)

Education:

  • Fordham University, B.S., 1939

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946
  • Awarded the Silver Star

Elected Office:

  • Resigned from Congress on June 30, 1962
  • Mayor of Newark, 1962-1970
  • Candidate for Mayor of Newark, 1970

Other notes:

  • Convicted of conspiracy and extortion in September, 1970 and sentenced to 10 years in prison


Election Results for Hugh Addonizio


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 34 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 5,120 100.0%
1948 34 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 52,644 47.7%
1950 36 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 5,969 100.0%
1950 36 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 46,242 51.6%
1952 38 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 7,800 100.0%
1952 38 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 68,273 52.2%
1954 40 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 10,155 100.0%
1954 40 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 52,311 56.3%
1956 42 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 9,093 74.0%
1956 42 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 63,482 51.7%
1958 44 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 11,960 100.0%
1958 44 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 50,821 59.3%
1960 46 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 16,875 71.5%
1960 46 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 75,533 61.4%


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



Ideology Data for Hugh Addonizio


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
1949 35 House 92 6 D 95 100
1950 36 House 89 11 D 94 93
1951 37 House 93 6 D 95 100
1952 38 House 86 2 D 71 100
1953 39 House 63 37 R 70 99 91
1954 40 House 87 13 R 58 37 95 89
1955 41 House 100 0 R 68 29 97 100
1956 42 House 88 13 R 59 35 96 100
1957 43 House 78 20 R 73 27 97 100
1958 44 House 76 24 R 82 16 98 92
1959 45 House 0 100 83 15 R 44 48 94 100
1960 46 House 11 89 73 27 R 65 35 97 100
1961 47 House 0 100 93 5 D 92 5 97 100 0
1962 48 House 34 0 D 32 0 21 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   0%


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.