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Edward Brooke

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 26, 1919 in Washington, D.C.
Died: January 3, 2015 in Coral Gables, FL

Education:

  • Howard University, 1941
  • Brown University Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 5 years in European theater of operations

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Boston finance commission, 1961-1962

Elected Office:

  • MA Attorney General, 1962-1966


Election Results for Edward Brooke


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 40 MA R Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 203,045 100.0%
1960 40 MA R Secretary of State District SOS General 2 1,095,054 47.2%
1962 42 MA R Attorney General Primary 1 238,147 54.9%
1962 42 MA R Attorney General General 1 1,143,065 56.0%
1964 44 MA R Attorney General Primary 1 176,096 100.0%
1964 44 MA R Attorney General General 1 1,543,900 67.2%
1966 46 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 150,470 99.9%
1966 46 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,213,473 60.7%
1972 52 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 124,588 100.0%
1972 52 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,505,932 63.5%
1978 58 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 146,351 53.3%
1978 58 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 890,584 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Brooke


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
1967 47 Senate 18 50 39 37 D 49 22 75 77 29
1968 48 Senate 33 57 47 39 D 70 21 87 86 40
1969 49 Senate 25 61 37 47 R 57 26 86 89 25
1970 50 Senate 24 70 31 63 R 55 38 93 90 27
1971 51 Senate 23 61 38 53 R 43 45 81 84 11
1972 52 Senate 18 77 21 71 R 46 52 90 85 8
1973 53 Senate 18 69 19 63 R 39 48 82 79 14
1974 54 Senate 17 77 23 71 R 45 52 93 76 13
1975 55 Senate 7 86 19 73 R 44 43 90 89* 0
1976 56 Senate 23 66 16 73 R 34 51 91 88 3
1977 57 Senate 12 80 16 77 D 73 23 92 94 3
1978 58 Senate 26 48 39 38 D 41 40 72 74 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.