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Silvio Conte

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 9, 1921 in Pittsfield, MA
Died: February 8, 1991 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Boston College Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Machinist, 1940-1942
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MA Senate, 1951-1958


Election Results for Silvio Conte


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 36 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 10,394 99.9%
1958 36 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 66,067 55.3%
1960 38 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,628 100.0%
1960 38 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,921 68.5%
1962 40 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 29,418 100.0%
1962 40 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 106,498 74.4%
1964 42 MA D (write-in) U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 2,671 80.0%
1964 42 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 10,660 99.9%
1964 42 MA R,D U.S. House District 01 General 1 139,503 100.0%
1966 44 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 7,811 100.0%
1966 44 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,370 100.0%
1968 46 MA D (write-in) U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 6,361 93.2%
1968 46 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 8,885 98.2%
1968 46 MA R,D U.S. House District 01 General 1 140,419 99.8%
1970 48 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 13,231 100.0%
1970 48 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,045 100.0%
1972 50 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 13,701 100.0%
1972 50 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 159,282 99.9%
1974 52 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,276 99.9%
1974 52 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 107,285 71.1%
1976 54 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 8,936 100.0%
1976 54 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 137,652 63.8%
1978 56 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,550 100.0%
1978 56 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,773 99.9%
1980 58 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 9,067 99.9%
1980 58 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 156,415 74.9%
1982 60 MA D (write-in) U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 9,258 70.1%
1982 60 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 11,665 99.6%
1982 60 MA R,D U.S. House District 01 General 1 145,417 99.5%
1984 62 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,052 99.9%
1984 62 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 162,646 72.9%
1986 64 MA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 4,972 100.0%
1986 64 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,653 77.8%
1988 66 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 4,023 100.0%
1988 66 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 186,356 82.7%
1990 68 MA R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,609 99.9%
1990 68 MA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,748 77.5%


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



Ideology Data for Silvio Conte


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 37 House 45 55 79 21 R 83 17 100 56
1960 38 House 26 74 57 43 R 67 33 100 56
1961 39 House 39 57 62 34 D 57 40 97 50 27
1962 40 House 31 69 56 39 D 68 32 94 50 36
1963 41 House 7 87 48 43 D 59 32 89 82 29
1964 42 House 33 67 56 40 D 69 31 98 54 44
1965 43 House 37 59 45 50 D 69 29 96 53 50
1966 44 House 16 59 36 49 D 66 24 89 65 46
1967 45 House 26 61 47 43 D 62 27 89 64 10
1968 46 House 31 61 41 46 D 69 16 86 73 35
1969 47 House 18 80 31 62 R 66 32 93 67 13
1970 48 House 27 64 43 54 R 74 22 91 88 22
1971 49 House 25 70 42 52 R 49 47 93 78 25
1972 50 House 23 63 33 53 R 54 32 85 67 14
1973 51 House 35 62 38 58 R 43 49 94 60 29
1974 52 House 21 75 29 66 R 55 43 95 87 5
1975 53 House 32 67 39 59 R 56 40 96 74 19
1976 54 House 29 67 22 76 R 37 61 95 60 15
1977 55 House 32 61 34 61 D 72 27 95 68 24
1978 56 House 29 71 32 68 D 80 20 98 50 21
1979 57 House 35 65 32 68 D 67 33 99 53 23
1980 58 House 26 72 37 63 D 67 31 98 88 17
1981 59 House 44 53 45 54 R 55 42 95 58 58
1982 60 House 40 58 35 62 R 52 45 97 80 14
1983 61 House 31 67 30 65 R 40 56 94 55 27
1984 62 House 20 76 25 70 R 38 56 95 75 14
1985 63 House 31 62 45 53 R 36 60 97 75 16
1986 64 House 22 76 25 73 R 27 72 99 75 14
1987 65 House 42 58 24 73 R 27 71 96 80 9
1988 66 House 29 68 30 65 R 29 66 96 95 8
1989 67 House 37 63 24 74 R 43 53 98 80 32
1990 68 House 33 65 27 71 R 31 69 97 78 8
1991 69 House 2 1 R 5 4 4 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   23%


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.