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Steven Derounian

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 6, 1918 in Sofia, Bulgaria
Died: April 17, 2007 in Austin, TX

Education:

  • New York University, 1938
  • Fordham University Law School, 1942

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946 (awarded the Purple Heart and Bronze Star with oak leaf)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • NY Supreme Court justice, 1969-1981

Elected Office:

  • North Hempstead council, 1948-1952


Election Results for Steven Derounian


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 34 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,512 68.8%
1954 36 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 98,610 63.7%
1956 38 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 148,098 67.5%
1958 40 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 113,820 60.5%
1960 42 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 139,423 61.0%
1962 44 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 1 86,430 59.2%
1964 46 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 2 93,883 49.3%
1966 48 NY R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,531 58.5%
1966 48 NY R U.S. House District 03 General 2 81,122 49.7%


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



Ideology Data for Steven Derounian


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
1953 35 House 92 5 R 91 92 40
1954 36 House 90 7 R 76 21 97 22
1955 37 House 68 23 R 85 10 92 44
1956 38 House 75 13 R 71 15 88 57
1957 39 House 78 8 R 50 43 89 22
1958 40 House 84 3 R 60 22 85 9
1959 41 House 94 0 R 80 15 92 22
1960 42 House 100 0 96 2 R 60 33 94 22
1961 43 House 83 9 90 7 D 38 58 97 10 86
1962 44 House 75 25 77 14 D 43 52 93 0 73
1963 45 House 47 33 74 9 D 30 58 88 10 77
1964 46 House 58 25 74 15 D 35 54 85 17 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   79%


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.