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Foster Furcolo

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 29, 1911 in New Haven, CT
Died: July 5, 1995 in Cambridge, MA

Education:

  • Yale University, 1933, Law School, 1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MA Treasurer, 1952-1954


Election Results for Foster Furcolo


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 34 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 4,903 25.4%
1946 34 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 2 56,459 48.6%
1948 36 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 81,775 54.9%
1950 38 MA D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,229 77.3%
1950 38 MA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 76,497 54.6%
1954 42 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 207,232 59.1%
1954 42 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 927,899 49.0%
1956 44 MA D Governor Primary 1 358,051 73.1%
1956 44 MA D Governor General 1 1,234,618 52.8%
1958 46 MA D Governor Primary 1 396,654 99.9%
1958 46 MA D Governor General 1 1,067,020 56.2%
1960 48 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 217,939 39.0%
1966 54 MA D Attorney General Primary 2 146,137 23.8%


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



Ideology Data for Foster Furcolo


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
1949 37 House 77 8 D 88 92
1950 38 House 77 5 D 82 93
1951 39 House 87 7 D 86 100
1952 40 House 77 2 D 79 92


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.