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Hugh Carey

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 11, 1919 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: August 7, 2011 in Shelter Island, NY

Education:

  • St. John's University, LL.B., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II (decorated with Bronze Star, Croix de Guerre, and Combat Infantry Award)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Corporate officer/director


Election Results for Hugh Carey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 41 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 65,996 50.4%
1962 43 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 55,602 50.2%
1964 45 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 66,567 53.6%
1966 47 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 52,919 56.8%
1968 49 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 59,707 57.6%
1970 51 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 50,767 64.7%
1972 53 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 1 77,019 52.2%
1974 55 NY D Governor Primary 1 600,283 60.8%
1974 55 NY D Governor General 1 3,028,503 57.2%
1978 59 NY D Governor Primary 1 376,457 52.0%
1978 59 NY D Governor General 1 2,429,272 50.9%


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



Ideology Data for Hugh Carey


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
1961 42 House 0 74 64 9 D 77 5 73 100 0
1962 43 House 12 81 84 4 D 83 7 79 88 7
1963 44 House 13 73 88 2 D 83 6 87 82 8
1964 45 House 8 83 84 8 D 87 6 87 92 19
1965 46 House 10 75 71 10 D 72 6 74 61 25
1966 47 House 5 70 76 5 D 68 7 78 88 12
1967 48 House 4 70 72 4 D 72 6 76 92 0
1968 49 House 8 65 65 7 D 66 13 74 83 5
1969 50 House 0 62 58 4 R 23 28 45 100 10
1970 51 House 2 70 60 8 R 49 25 65 100 0
1971 52 House 5 83 75 9 R 30 61 82 97 0
1972 53 House 15 65 66 13 R 49 32 77 77 0
1973 54 House 8 71 71 9 R 30 54 77 86 11
1974 55 House 0 8 12 0 R 0 15 10 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   8%


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.