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Perkins Bass

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 6, 1912 in East Walpole, NH
Died: October 25, 2011 in Peterborough, NH

Education:

  • Dartmouth University, 1934
  • Harvard Law School, 1938

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1942-1945 (awarded the Bronze Star Medal, and from the Nationalist Government of China received the Yun-Ma Medal for distinguished and meritorious service

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Member of RNC, 1964-1968

Elected Office:

  • NH House, 1939, 1941, 1947, 1951
  • NH Senate, 1949-1951
  • Peterborough selectman, 1972-1976

Other notes:

  • Father of Charlie Bass


Election Results for Perkins Bass


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 41 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,594 39.8%
1954 41 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 51,010 60.4%
1956 43 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,366 75.8%
1956 43 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,019 65.9%
1958 45 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,133 100.0%
1958 45 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 52,636 58.4%
1960 47 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,907 80.0%
1960 47 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,701 60.3%
1962 49 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 31,037 31.3%
1962 49 NH R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 2 107,199 47.7%


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



Ideology Data for Perkins Bass


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
1955 42 House 52 39 R 78 17 89 75
1956 43 House 69 28 R 85 9 93 83
1957 44 House 69 12 R 53 33 80 78
1958 45 House 68 32 R 70 20 90 58
1959 46 House 55 36 81 15 R 80 11 88 44
1960 47 House 63 37 67 29 R 74 16 91 22
1961 48 House 83 13 79 12 D 42 52 87 30 54
1962 49 House 25 19 33 14 D 33 20 40 50 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   55%


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.