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Edward Garmatz

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 7, 1903 in Baltimore, MD
Died: July 22, 1986 in Baltimore, MD

Career:

  • Worked in electrical business, 1920-1942
  • MD State Racing Commission, 1941-1944
  • Police magistrate, 1944-1947


Election Results for Edward Garmatz


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1947 44 MD D U.S. House District 03 Special 1 12,179 52.9%
1948 45 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 32,138 68.8%
1950 47 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,829 63.9%
1950 47 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 27,646 65.7%
1952 49 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,081 76.1%
1952 49 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 60,659 70.9%
1954 51 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 45,531 97.2%
1956 53 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 48,397 69.7%
1958 55 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 49,649 84.0%
1960 57 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 21,337 54.3%
1960 57 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 57,154 80.3%
1962 59 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,784 86.1%
1962 59 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 41,446 100.0%
1964 61 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,473 58.3%
1964 61 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,295 100.0%
1966 63 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,585 69.7%
1966 63 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 56,980 100.0%
1968 65 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 63,269 81.2%
1970 67 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 52,374 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Garmatz


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
1947 44 House 11 0 D 10 0
1948 45 House 83 14 D 90 69
1949 46 House 80 12 D 84 100
1950 47 House 88 12 D 93 87
1951 48 House 82 13 D 86 92
1952 49 House 77 5 D 75 92
1953 50 House 63 29 R 63 90 91
1954 51 House 93 3 R 53 39 92 78
1955 52 House 68 10 R 44 37 82 88
1956 53 House 75 9 R 41 47 84 100
1957 54 House 76 10 R 63 28 89 78
1958 55 House 78 14 R 70 18 89 83
1959 56 House 18 82 71 8 R 39 43 80 100
1960 57 House 0 95 80 18 R 51 42 92 100
1961 58 House 9 83 83 5 D 89 3 90 100 7
1962 59 House 0 88 88 0 D 90 3 90 100 0
1963 60 House 13 67 84 2 D 90 4 84 82 7
1964 61 House 17 83 76 2 D 90 2 79 92 13
1965 62 House 6 84 83 5 D 80 6 86 74 19
1966 63 House 16 59 71 3 D 61 7 75 76 17
1967 64 House 30 56 80 9 D 79 8 83 67 25
1968 65 House 14 80 84 7 D 83 11 90 67 4
1969 66 House 40 56 80 15 R 55 36 85 40 33
1970 67 House 41 55 78 15 R 65 29 91 50 17
1971 68 House 47 35 57 21 R 58 28 83 43 50
1972 69 House 38 43 60 20 R 59 27 86 31 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.