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Barber Conable

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 2, 1922 in Warsaw, NY
Died: November 30, 2003 in Sarasota, FL

Education:

  • Cornell University, B.A., 1942, J.D., 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps (Iwo Jima and Korea) and Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • President of World Bank, 1986-1991

Elected Office:

  • NY Senate, 1963-1964


Election Results for Barber Conable


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 41 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 98,923 54.2%
1966 43 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 104,342 67.7%
1968 45 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 129,697 71.1%
1970 47 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 107,677 65.9%
1972 49 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 127,298 67.9%
1974 51 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 90,269 56.8%
1976 53 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 120,738 64.3%
1978 55 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 96,119 69.4%
1980 57 NY R U.S. House District 35 General 1 127,623 72.2%
1982 59 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 119,105 68.2%


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



Ideology Data for Barber Conable


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
1965 42 House 63 33 67 27 D 59 35 92 11 81
1966 43 House 68 24 74 21 D 46 46 90 6 69
1967 44 House 67 30 72 19 D 52 36 89 7 71
1968 45 House 45 41 56 33 D 67 21 93 20 70
1969 46 House 56 31 64 27 R 66 21 93 29 33
1970 47 House 68 30 79 19 R 78 14 95 28 61
1971 48 House 72 18 75 16 R 82 7 90 19 65
1972 49 House 77 19 80 14 R 89 11 97 7 60
1973 50 House 72 23 75 20 R 86 11 94 20 60
1974 51 House 52 28 55 26 R 77 21 82 41 55
1975 52 House 76 21 80 17 R 82 18 94 26 81
1976 53 House 66 29 66 21 R 80 8 89 11 65
1977 54 House 69 23 69 24 D 44 46 92 24 80
1978 55 House 66 24 66 25 D 51 32 92 37 65
1979 56 House 56 31 63 25 D 43 45 86 31 66
1980 57 House 62 28 71 23 D 50 45 91 28 58
1981 58 House 76 21 79 13 R 76 20 94 25 83
1982 59 House 71 21 72 23 R 82 14 94 25 68
1983 60 House 73 25 78 18 R 85 12 94 20 73
1984 61 House 86 14 78 16 R 74 20 93 20 68
Lifetime conservative rating:   68%


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.