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Sherwood Boehlert

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 28, 1936 in Utica, NY
Died: September 20, 2021 in New Hartford, NY

Education:

  • Utica College, B.A., 1961

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1956-1958

Career:

  • Corporate public relations manager, 1961-1964
  • Assistant to Rep. Alexander Pirnie, 1964-1972
  • Assistant to Rep. Donald Mitchell, 1973-1979

Elected Office:

  • Oneida County executive, 1979-1982


Election Results for Sherwood Boehlert


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 35 NY R U.S. House District 31 Primary 4 5,880 16.4%
1982 45 NY R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 20,141 56.3%
1982 45 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 93,071 55.8%
1984 47 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 140,256 72.8%
1986 49 NY R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 17,842 66.9%
1986 49 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 104,216 69.0%
1988 51 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 130,122 100.0%
1990 53 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 91,348 83.9%
1992 55 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 139,774 63.6%
1994 57 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 124,486 70.5%
1996 59 NY R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 15,115 65.3%
1996 59 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 124,626 64.3%
1998 61 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 111,242 80.8%
2000 63 NY R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 15,269 57.3%
2000 63 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 124,132 60.5%
2002 65 NY R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 21,504 53.4%
2002 65 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 108,017 70.7%
2004 67 NY R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 22,908 59.8%
2004 67 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 143,000 56.9%


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



Ideology Data for Sherwood Boehlert


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
1983 46 House 49 47 34 61 R 52 43 93 47 32
1984 47 House 61 37 38 59 R 58 39 95 72 26
1985 48 House 56 44 54 44 R 41 59 97 45 47
1986 49 House 66 32 53 45 R 46 54 98 50 41
1987 50 House 65 35 46 49 R 37 60 95 60 9
1988 51 House 58 37 58 40 R 37 59 96 65 24
1989 52 House 44 56 46 51 R 51 47 96 65 43
1990 53 House 61 39 47 52 R 40 60 99 61 33
1991 54 House 62 38 46 54 R 58 41 99 45 40
1992 55 House 58 40 50 49 R 42 58 99 75 38
1993 56 House 70 30 59 40 D 74 26 99 60 38
1994 57 House 61 36 57 41 D 71 28 98 47 38
1995 58 House 79 21 75 25 D 47 53 99 40 40
1996 59 House 76 22 68 32 D 56 43 99 50 50
1997 60 House 75 25 69 30 D 57 40 99 55 32
1998 61 House 64 36 58 41 D 60 40 99 60 24
1999 62 House 60 40 D 41 57 99 65 40
2000 63 House 68 31 D 60 40 98 40 40
2001 64 House 78 22 R 74 26 100 35 32
2002 65 House 79 21 R 71 29 97 25 64
2003 66 House 78 19 R 69 29 97 25 52
2004 67 House 68 16 R 58 33 84 50 50
2005 68 House 76 23 R 61 39 98 32 36
2006 69 House 71 23 R 71 29 94 47 46
Lifetime conservative rating:   38%


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.