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William Cahill

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 25, 1912 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: July 1, 1996 in Haddonfield, NJ

Education:

  • St. Joseph's College, 1933
  • Rutgers Law School, 1937

Career:

  • FBI special agent, 1937-1938
  • Lawyer
  • Camden city prosecutor, 1944-1945
  • Camden County prosecutor, 1948-1951
  • NJ deputy Attorney General, 1951

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1951-1953


Election Results for William Cahill


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 46 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 22,376 83.1%
1958 46 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 96,619 50.3%
1960 48 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,150 100.0%
1960 48 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 153,817 57.6%
1962 50 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,588 100.0%
1962 50 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,633 58.8%
1964 52 NJ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,938 100.0%
1964 52 NJ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,805 56.2%
1966 54 NJ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,132 100.0%
1966 54 NJ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,406 66.9%
1968 56 NJ R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 29,858 100.0%
1968 56 NJ R U.S. House District 06 General 1 138,060 65.7%
1969 57 NJ R Governor Primary 1 158,980 39.3%
1969 57 NJ R Governor General 1 1,411,905 59.7%
1973 61 NJ R Governor Primary 2 148,034 40.6%


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



Ideology Data for William Cahill


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
1959 47 House 36 64 73 19 R 81 13 88 56
1960 48 House 68 16 71 20 R 72 23 90 50
1961 49 House 35 57 53 36 D 55 40 90 56 31
1962 50 House 37 56 42 51 D 68 25 90 75 33
1963 51 House 27 47 48 33 D 49 38 80 55 57
1964 52 House 17 83 40 47 D 73 27 89 69 44
1965 53 House 27 53 36 39 D 53 20 71 56 44
1966 54 House 41 49 51 39 D 56 32 82 35 50
1967 55 House 43 39 56 34 D 54 28 85 50 62
1968 56 House 41 53 39 46 D 69 24 88 25 59
1969 57 House 27 22 20 16 R 26 2 34 60 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   47%


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.