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Harold Donohue

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 18, 1901 in Worcester, MA
Died: November 4, 1984 in Worcester, MA

Education:

  • Northeastern University School of Law, 1925

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Worcester alderman, 1927-1935


Election Results for Harold Donohue


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 45 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 10,729 65.2%
1946 45 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 59,847 49.5%
1948 47 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,064 59.2%
1950 49 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,993 85.6%
1950 49 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 76,881 56.9%
1952 51 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,238 100.0%
1952 51 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 93,530 54.4%
1954 53 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,976 100.0%
1954 53 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,053 57.1%
1956 55 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 24,741 100.0%
1956 55 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 104,653 59.4%
1958 57 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 29,102 100.0%
1958 57 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 93,993 63.8%
1960 59 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,282 100.0%
1960 59 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 122,364 64.5%
1962 61 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 57,996 100.0%
1962 61 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 145,166 90.4%
1964 63 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,092 100.0%
1964 63 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 142,339 71.8%
1966 65 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,090 99.8%
1966 65 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 137,681 100.0%
1968 67 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 37,504 69.6%
1968 67 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,211 61.0%
1970 69 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 38,005 82.6%
1970 69 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 95,016 54.3%
1972 71 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,134 100.0%
1972 71 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 156,703 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for Harold Donohue


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
1947 46 House 74 18 D 86 75
1948 47 House 81 17 D 94 85
1949 48 House 62 20 D 78 64
1950 49 House 77 18 D 87 87
1951 50 House 76 15 D 86 77
1952 51 House 75 14 D 85 75
1953 52 House 66 26 R 64 75 60
1954 53 House 67 7 R 50 37 76 78
1955 54 House 55 35 R 46 41 86 56
1956 55 House 53 41 R 56 29 85 100
1957 56 House 73 8 R 63 30 82 88
1958 57 House 76 22 R 64 34 94 92
1959 58 House 0 91 79 12 R 48 43 90 89
1960 59 House 5 79 63 24 R 47 47 89 100
1961 60 House 9 91 88 12 D 92 5 94 100 7
1962 61 House 19 75 79 5 D 80 5 79 86 9
1963 62 House 7 73 86 0 D 90 4 85 92 8
1964 63 House 8 92 87 2 D 83 4 87 92 6
1965 64 House 2 92 86 3 D 88 4 90 78 13
1966 65 House 3 95 90 1 D 87 6 89 82 8
1967 66 House 6 87 84 8 D 84 9 86 86 7
1968 67 House 6 78 74 7 D 80 8 80 75 9
1969 68 House 24 71 91 5 R 62 38 90 67 36
1970 69 House 9 82 86 8 R 66 28 90 72 6
1971 70 House 8 61 66 7 R 18 44 66 88 15
1972 71 House 7 88 90 8 R 46 43 93 87 0
1973 72 House 2 98 85 11 R 28 67 94 84 13
1974 73 House 19 67 73 10 R 45 49 85 55 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.