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Lawrence Coughlin

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 11, 1929 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Died: November 30, 2001 in Mathews, VA

Education:

  • Yale University, A.B., 1950
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1954
  • Temple University, LL.B., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1950-1952

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Manufacturing businessman

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1965-1967
  • PA Senate, 1967-1969


Election Results for Lawrence Coughlin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 39 PA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 43,330 71.3%
1968 39 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 141,764 62.0%
1970 41 PA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 35,392 88.4%
1970 41 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 101,953 58.4%
1972 43 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 139,085 66.6%
1974 45 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 98,985 62.5%
1976 47 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 130,705 63.4%
1978 49 PA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 51,644 89.5%
1978 49 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 112,711 70.5%
1980 51 PA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 60,081 85.4%
1980 51 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 138,212 70.0%
1982 53 PA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 25,256 77.6%
1982 53 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 109,198 64.3%
1984 55 PA R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 32,657 91.3%
1984 55 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 133,948 56.1%
1986 57 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 100,701 58.5%
1988 59 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 152,191 66.6%
1990 61 PA R U.S. House District 13 General 1 89,577 60.3%


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



Ideology Data for Lawrence Coughlin


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
1969 40 House 33 62 38 51 R 64 34 95 47 20
1970 41 House 43 52 64 32 R 69 20 91 67 53
1971 42 House 42 49 55 38 R 61 37 92 51 42
1972 43 House 56 41 60 39 R 68 22 93 38 22
1973 44 House 51 45 54 42 R 58 39 94 36 46
1974 45 House 32 62 36 58 R 66 30 95 65* 19
1975 46 House 50 46 58 38 R 67 29 95 53 51
1976 47 House 59 39 58 39 R 51 47 94 37 54
1977 48 House 62 36 63 34 D 54 42 96 35 61
1978 49 House 68 29 66 31 D 51 45 95 25 70
1979 50 House 66 26 61 30 D 46 46 90 26 59
1980 51 House 57 37 63 31 D 49 41 94 47 38
1981 52 House 59 39 62 34 R 66 32 94 35 58
1982 53 House 56 42 65 34 R 65 34 96 45 59
1983 54 House 52 45 56 42 R 57 41 95 42 45
1984 55 House 53 46 49 44 R 50 44 95 40 41
1985 56 House 55 45 63 33 R 50 49 96 50 42
1986 57 House 58 40 51 46 R 48 49 97 45 41
1987 58 House 67 28 56 37 R 51 46 95 36 52
1988 59 House 87 8 70 25 R 49 47 95 50 48
1989 60 House 88 12 67 29 R 69 28 97 30 57
1990 61 House 76 22 68 28 R 58 36 96 35 35
1991 62 House 84 16 65 31 R 66 33 97 30 65
1992 63 House 79 4 62 17 R 73 19 79 26 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   50%


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.