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Paul Fino

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 15, 1913 in New York City, NY
Died: June 16, 2009 in North Woodmere, NY

Education:

  • St. John's University School of Law, 1937

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant NY Attorney General, 1943-1944
  • New York City Civil Service Commission, 1950-1952
  • NY Supreme Court justice, 1968-1972

Elected Office:

  • NY Senate, 1945-1950
  • Candidate for New York city council, 1972


Election Results for Paul Fino


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 38 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 85,308 50.1%
1954 40 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 59,409 50.4%
1956 42 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 104,771 59.4%
1958 44 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 79,857 57.8%
1960 46 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 112,187 59.8%
1962 48 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 77,785 60.1%
1964 50 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 89,814 61.2%
1966 52 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 80,882 63.9%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Fino


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 39 House 58 29 R 71 80 44
1954 40 House 40 40 R 58 21 74 67
1955 41 House 55 42 R 68 24 88 56
1956 42 House 63 34 R 71 26 95 71
1957 43 House 44 31 R 48 38 75 56
1958 44 House 49 35 R 58 26 78 78
1959 45 House 18 73 50 40 R 52 33 82 89
1960 46 House 11 74 41 41 R 58 35 83 75
1961 47 House 22 57 24 34 D 49 15 63 90 18
1962 48 House 19 50 40 32 D 57 22 67 100 42
1963 49 House 20 53 45 34 D 48 32 77 80 50
1964 50 House 33 67 34 44 D 56 27 76 46 40
1965 51 House 37 49 34 35 D 54 24 73 47 53
1966 52 House 43 27 50 16 D 27 31 62 31 63
1967 53 House 61 20 65 18 D 43 35 70 40 83
1968 54 House 39 16 33 18 D 34 29 56 18 84
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.