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Barney Frank

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 31, 1940 in Bayonne, NJ

Education:

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1962, J.D., 1977

Career:

  • Student/teacher at Harvard University, 1962-1972
  • Executive assistant to Boston Mayor Kevin White, 1968-1971
  • Assistant to Rep. Michael Harrington, 1971-1972
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1973-1980


Election Results for Barney Frank


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 40 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,162 52.1%
1980 40 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 103,466 51.9%
1982 42 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 82,079 100.0%
1982 42 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 121,802 59.5%
1984 44 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,733 100.0%
1984 44 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 172,903 74.2%
1986 46 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 46,336 89.6%
1986 46 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,387 88.8%
1988 48 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,990 99.9%
1988 48 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 169,729 70.3%
1990 50 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 72,933 99.9%
1990 50 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 143,473 65.5%
1992 52 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,428 99.8%
1992 52 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 182,633 67.7%
1994 54 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 43,865 85.7%
1994 54 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 168,942 99.5%
1996 56 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 19,925 99.7%
1996 56 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 183,854 71.6%
1998 58 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 54,910 99.7%
1998 58 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 148,340 98.4%
2000 60 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 27,728 99.6%
2000 60 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 200,638 74.9%
2002 62 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 66,057 100.0%
2002 62 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 166,125 99.0%
2004 64 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,019 100.0%
2004 64 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 219,260 77.7%
2006 66 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 80,066 100.0%
2006 66 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 176,513 98.5%
2008 68 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 38,642 100.0%
2008 68 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 203,032 68.0%
2010 70 MA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 39,974 79.5%
2010 70 MA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 126,194 53.9%


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



Ideology Data for Barney Frank


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 41 House 9 87 85 11 R 29 64 93 100 8
1982 42 House 15 78 81 10 R 34 62 93 95 10
1983 43 House 9 89 88 8 R 17 82 96 95 0
1984 44 House 8 88 87 7 R 30 66 93 95 0
1985 45 House 5 91 91 4 R 25 74 95 100 11
1986 46 House 12 88 91 8 R 18 81 98 100 0
1987 47 House 12 88 92 3 R 14 79 95 100 0
1988 48 House 0 97 87 8 R 17 79 94 100 0
1989 49 House 10 88 92 5 R 27 72 98 100 7
1990 50 House 11 85 90 5 R 19 76 95 94 4
1991 51 House 16 84 90 7 R 29 68 96 100 5
1992 52 House 4 96 93 5 R 16 80 96 100 0
1993 53 House 9 91 96 1 D 77 22 97 100 4
1994 54 House 0 97 94 2 D 69 31 97 100 0
1995 55 House 24 75 89 9 D 82 15 97 100 4
1996 56 House 4 96 92 6 D 75 20 96 100 0
1997 57 House 13 85 91 5 D 77 21 96 100 4
1998 58 House 19 76 90 6 D 80 18 95 100 4
1999 59 House 91 6 D 72 24 95 100 0
2000 60 House 91 5 D 78 20 94 95 12
2001 61 House 96 3 R 9 91 97 100 0
2002 62 House 95 3 R 11 82 97 100 8
2003 63 House 97 2 R 16 84 97 100 12
2004 64 House 93 2 R 15 79 95 100 4
2005 65 House 94 4 R 15 85 98 100 0
2006 66 House 94 4 R 13 87 98 95 12
2007 67 House 96 1 R 3 93 97 95 0
2008 68 House 97 0 R 16 84 96 100 0
2009 69 House 95 1 D 94 3 96 100 0
2010 70 House 95 2 D 83 15 95 100 0
2011 71 House 94 4 D 80 17 97 100 8
2012 72 House 92 4 D 86 8 93 100 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.