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Sterling Cole

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1904 in Painted Post, NY
Died: March 15, 1987 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Colgate University, A.B., 1925
  • Albany Law School, LL.B., 1929

Career:

  • School teacher, 1925-1926
  • Lawyer
  • Director of International Atomic Energy Agency, 1957-1961


Election Results for Sterling Cole


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 32 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 73,018 64.5%
1938 34 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 57,648 60.5%
1940 36 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 76,630 64.9%
1942 38 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 54,700 70.9%
1944 40 NY R U.S. House District 39 General 1 75,740 68.1%
1946 42 NY R U.S. House District 39 General 1 61,330 72.5%
1948 44 NY R U.S. House District 39 General 1 70,659 64.3%
1950 46 NY R U.S. House District 39 General 1 64,377 66.3%
1952 48 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 131,172 69.4%
1954 50 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 94,840 71.6%
1956 52 NY R U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 32,240 75.4%
1956 52 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 136,044 71.6%


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



Ideology Data for Sterling Cole


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
1937 33 House 86 8 D 76
1938 34 House 90 2 D 80
1939 35 House 83 12 D 85
1940 36 House 83 9 D 82
1941 37 House 61 20 D 71
1942 38 House 55 5 D 69
1943 39 House 67 13 D 77
1944 40 House 77 10 D 82
1945 41 House 68 12 D 63
1946 42 House 70 10 D 62
1947 43 House 84 8 D 76 20
1948 44 House 83 3 D 68 17
1949 45 House 70 9 D 69 10
1950 46 House 71 14 D 72 14
1951 47 House 57 16 D 61 27
1952 48 House 57 16 D 71 8
1953 49 House 76 18 R 80 90 9
1954 50 House 63 7 R 74 18 75 11
1955 51 House 74 3 R 71 15 82 20
1956 52 House 72 6 R 53 24 75 43
1957 53 House 78 12 R 57 35 90 33


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.