Election results and ideology ratings for Peter Frelinghuysen -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 17, 1916 in New York City, NY
Died: May 23, 2011 in Harding Township, NJ

Election Results for Peter Frelinghuysen

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1952	36	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	41,353	55.3%
1952	36	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	133,276	62.2%

1954	38	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	38,944	100.0%
1954	38	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	99,946	59.3%

1956	40	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	39,288	100.0%
1956	40	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	153,829	64.5%

1958	42	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	40,384	100.0%
1958	42	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	111,250	55.7%

1960	44	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	46,032	100.0%
1960	44	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	170,859	58.6%

1962	46	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	31,401	100.0%
1962	46	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	86,133	66.0%

1964	48	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	28,396	100.0%
1964	48	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	122,168	63.6%

1966	50	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	30,675	100.0%
1966	50	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	108,375	70.8%

1968	52	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	32,241	100.0%
1968	52	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	143,963	68.2%

1970	54	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	29,693	100.0%
1970	54	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	111,553	66.4%

1972	56	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	Primary	1	28,285	100.0%
1972	56	NJ	R	U.S. House	District 05	General	1	127,310	62.0%

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

Ideology Data for Peter Frelinghuysen

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1953	37	House			76	21	R	94		94	36
1954	38	House			80	20	R	89	11	99	44
1955	39	House			68	29	R	78	10	92	56
1956	40	House			75	22	R	88	3	90	71
1957	41	House			56	25	R	70	20	81	78
1958	42	House			59	30	R	78	6	86	55
1959	43	House	55	45	69	15	R	80	7	83	38
1960	44	House	84	11	73	18	R	86	9	95	38
1961	45	House	70	17	72	21	D	46	46	93	11	42
1962	46	House	37	56	47	40	D	63	32	90	63	27
1963	47	House	40	53	52	29	D	45	38	76	27	57
1964	48	House	25	75	50	39	D	63	31	88	62	38
1965	49	House	43	24	44	24	D	41	26	66	13	67
1966	50	House	41	38	50	31	D	52	28	79	21	46
1967	51	House	56	31	57	30	D	52	30	78	20	62
1968	52	House	39	51	38	45	D	62	15	77	44	28
1969	53	House	40	51	40	42	R	79	19	84	47	20
1970	54	House	55	30	61	25	R	75	12	82	50	59
1971	55	House	61	26	59	26	R	77	5	84	36	53
1972	56	House	55	23	58	26	R	78	5	79	15	38
1973	57	House	64	26	64	24	R	70	18	84	21	64
1974	58	House	50	31	47	26	R	49	21	75	26*	52
Lifetime conservative rating:												47%

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.