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Thomas Foglietta

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 3, 1928 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: November 13, 2004 in Philadelphia, PA

Education:

  • St. Joseph's College, B.A., 1949
  • Temple University, J.D., 1952

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • U.S. Department of Labor, 1976
  • U.S. Ambassador to Italy, 1997-2001

Elected Office:

  • Philadelphia city council, 1955-1975


Election Results for Thomas Foglietta


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 51 PA I U.S. House District 01 General 1 58,737 37.8%
1982 53 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,683 51.9%
1982 53 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 103,626 72.3%
1984 55 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,478 52.1%
1984 55 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 148,123 74.9%
1986 57 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,443 60.5%
1986 57 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,224 74.7%
1988 59 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 128,076 76.3%
1990 61 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,394 82.6%
1990 61 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,423 79.4%
1992 63 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,172 80.9%
1994 65 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 40,830 69.0%
1994 65 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,669 81.5%
1996 67 PA D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,426 73.3%
1996 67 PA D U.S. House District 01 General 1 145,210 87.5%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Foglietta


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
1981 52 House 13 73 80 8 R 25 58 80 90 0
1982 53 House 18 77 81 5 R 32 56 83 94 5
1983 54 House 11 85 87 4 R 24 68 90 90 5
1984 55 House 7 83 80 2 R 22 57 79 95 0
1985 56 House 13 80 90 4 R 20 75 94 90 5
1986 57 House 10 82 79 5 R 16 68 83 95 5
1987 58 House 21 72 81 2 R 16 77 87 91 0
1988 59 House 8 79 83 4 R 16 70 90 95 4
1989 60 House 15 83 91 2 R 28 63 92 95 0
1990 61 House 17 80 92 5 R 24 76 97 78 4
1991 62 House 5 89 92 3 R 23 72 95 100 0
1992 63 House 13 77 83 3 R 16 76 85 94 0
1993 64 House 7 89 92 3 D 78 18 95 100 0
1994 65 House 8 86 92 1 D 78 18 92 100 0
1995 66 House 7 91 94 2 D 89 7 94 100 8
1996 67 House 8 84 90 4 D 81 13 92 85 5
1997 68 House 11 69 72 5 D 77 13 73 94 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.