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Aime Forand

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 23, 1895 in Fall River, MA
Died: January 18, 1972 in Boca Raton, FL

Education:

  • Attended Columbia University

Military Service:

  • World War I (served in France)

Career:

  • Newspaper reporter, 1924-1930
  • Secretary to Rep. Jeremiah O'Donnell, 1929-1930
  • Secretary to Rep. Francis Condon, 1930-1935
  • Founder/president, National Council of Senior Citizens, 1961-1972

Elected Office:

  • RI House, 1923-1926


Election Results for Aime Forand


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 41 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,058 50.6%
1938 43 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 2 72,484 49.7%
1940 45 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 87,530 57.6%
1942 47 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 68,242 59.0%
1944 49 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,179 61.9%
1946 51 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 74,324 56.7%
1948 53 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 95,045 62.0%
1950 55 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,065 63.2%
1952 57 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,404 54.9%
1954 59 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,678 59.1%
1956 61 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 96,732 55.8%
1958 63 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,425 62.9%


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



Ideology Data for Aime Forand


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
1937 42 House 75 17 D 90
1938 43 House 74 26 D 100
1941 46 House 76 17 D 93
1942 47 House 75 10 D 86
1943 48 House 75 15 D 88
1944 49 House 100 0 D 92
1945 50 House 88 4 D 93
1946 51 House 85 11 D 95
1947 52 House 92 8 D 98 100
1948 53 House 100 0 D 94 100
1949 54 House 95 5 D 99 100
1950 55 House 92 7 D 99 93
1951 56 House 97 3 D 94 100
1952 57 House 89 5 D 83 92
1953 58 House 87 13 R 55 92 100
1954 59 House 93 7 R 55 34 95 89
1955 60 House 77 23 R 59 41 100 80
1956 61 House 88 13 R 68 29 99 100
1957 62 House 95 5 R 68 32 100 89
1958 63 House 65 19 R 60 22 88 92
1959 64 House 19 64 87 12 R 50 50 98 89
1960 65 House 5 32 41 16 R 53 23 65 100


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.