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Joseph Carrigg

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 23, 1901 in Susquehanna, PA
Died: February 4, 1989 in Scranton, PA

Education:

  • Niagara University, 1922
  • Albany Law School, 1924
  • Dickinson Law School, 1925

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Susquehanna County district attorney, 1936-1948
  • Burgess of Susquehanna borough, 1948-1951
  • Internal Revenue Service, 1959-1960
  • Secretary to PA Rep. William Scranton, 1961
  • Manager of PA State Workmen's Insurance Fund, 1963-1971


Election Results for Joseph Carrigg


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1951 50 PA R U.S. House District 14 Special 1 41,045 64.3%
1952 51 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 89,820 53.6%
1954 53 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 74,515 50.5%
1956 55 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 91,103 55.8%
1958 57 PA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 27,245 73.1%
1958 57 PA R U.S. House District 10 General 2 73,601 49.6%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Carrigg


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
1952 51 House 52 32 D 71 31
1953 52 House 89 8 R 84 87 20
1954 53 House 67 27 R 76 18 86 22
1955 54 House 68 26 R 56 34 93 44
1956 55 House 75 25 R 76 15 96 71
1957 56 House 56 41 R 78 22 98 78
1958 57 House 54 43 R 70 26 97 67


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.