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Joseph Early

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 31, 1933 in Worcester, MA
Died: November 9, 2012 in Worcester, MA

Education:

  • College of the Holy Cross, B.A., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1955-1957

Career:

  • High school teacher/coach, 1957-1963

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1963-1974


Election Results for Joseph Early


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 41 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,470 31.7%
1974 41 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 78,244 49.5%
1976 43 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 47,806 99.9%
1976 43 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 168,520 100.0%
1978 45 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,133 100.0%
1978 45 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 119,337 75.2%
1980 47 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 31,515 99.9%
1980 47 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 141,560 72.3%
1982 49 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 72,560 100.0%
1982 49 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 142,611 99.9%
1984 51 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 61,211 100.0%
1984 51 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 148,461 67.4%
1986 53 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 47,429 100.0%
1986 53 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 120,222 100.0%
1988 55 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,729 99.9%
1988 55 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 191,005 99.8%
1990 57 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,675 99.7%
1990 57 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 150,992 99.4%
1992 59 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,927 36.6%
1992 59 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 2 115,592 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Early


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
1975 42 House 12 86 82 15 R 28 70 95 89 14
1976 43 House 17 78 81 11 R 25 71 92 80 6
1977 44 House 19 72 64 24 D 65 23 89 84 22
1978 45 House 18 78 68 26 D 69 29 91 70 4
1979 46 House 35 60 60 34 D 58 35 90 74 32
1980 47 House 33 57 60 30 D 52 35 88 71 31
1981 48 House 24 64 73 13 R 25 62 86 85 18
1982 49 House 19 70 86 5 R 36 52 88 94 0
1983 50 House 17 73 74 10 R 6 83 85 94 19
1984 51 House 12 71 72 11 R 23 63 82 88 28
1985 52 House 11 78 82 6 R 28 69 88 89 11
1986 53 House 16 78 80 6 R 13 80 87 85 14
1987 54 House 23 67 82 6 R 13 72 87 96 0
1988 55 House 11 66 85 7 R 21 66 91 89 8
1989 56 House 27 61 74 14 R 23 69 89 94 20
1990 57 House 35 56 78 14 R 28 67 90 81 19
1991 58 House 32 65 81 15 R 27 68 96 85 30
1992 59 House 23 69 82 11 R 17 75 92 85 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.