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Joshua Eilberg

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 12, 1921 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: March 24, 2004 in Philadelphia, PA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1954-1966

Other notes:

  • Convicted on February 24, 1979, of receiving compensation for services rendered by a federal agency
  • Received probation and was fined


Election Results for Joshua Eilberg


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 45 PA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,342 77.8%
1966 45 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 98,793 51.9%
1968 47 PA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 33,529 84.4%
1968 47 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 131,810 59.3%
1970 49 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 113,920 59.4%
1972 51 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 129,105 55.9%
1974 53 PA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,872 76.6%
1974 53 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 123,952 71.0%
1976 55 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 144,890 67.5%
1978 57 PA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 38,560 57.2%
1978 57 PA D U.S. House District 04 General 2 87,555 42.3%


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



Ideology Data for Joshua Eilberg


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
1967 46 House 9 89 94 3 D 90 6 91 80 7
1968 47 House 10 73 72 5 D 79 9 79 90 0
1969 48 House 7 71 75 4 R 47 40 87 85 25
1970 49 House 2 86 85 7 R 58 37 89 89 6
1971 50 House 14 73 77 11 R 30 60 84 86 32
1972 51 House 21 73 82 10 R 54 46 93 81 20
1973 52 House 17 75 86 10 R 28 62 94 80 16
1974 53 House 19 75 78 11 R 47 49 90 70* 11
1975 54 House 10 84 90 5 R 27 67 93 94 9
1976 55 House 8 87 91 3 R 27 71 93 95 6
1977 56 House 25 70 80 14 D 71 25 92 63 19
1978 57 House 18 65 71 13 D 62 24 82 60 13
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.