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Joe Gaydos

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 3, 1926 in Braddock, PA
Died: February 7, 2015 in Elizabeth Township, PA

Education:

  • Attended Duquesne University, 1945-1947
  • University of Notre Dame, LL.B., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Reserve, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Deputy PA Attorney General
  • Assistant Allegheny County solicitor
  • Counsel to United Mine Workers

Elected Office:

  • PA Senate, 1967-1968


Election Results for Joe Gaydos


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 41 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 40,359 65.1%
1968 41 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 109,236 70.2%
1970 43 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 84,911 77.0%
1972 45 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 117,933 61.5%
1974 47 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 112,237 81.7%
1976 49 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 64,953 80.5%
1976 49 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 134,961 75.0%
1978 51 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 56,939 81.6%
1978 51 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 97,475 72.1%
1980 53 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 122,100 72.5%
1982 55 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 39,604 67.4%
1982 55 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 127,281 76.0%
1984 57 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 70,681 69.0%
1984 57 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 158,751 76.0%
1986 59 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 58,198 86.7%
1986 59 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 136,638 98.5%
1988 61 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 137,742 98.5%
1990 63 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 42,910 66.3%
1990 63 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 82,080 65.6%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Gaydos


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
1969 42 House 33 62 65 31 R 43 57 95 60 50
1970 43 House 11 61 72 11 R 54 29 79 81 0
1971 44 House 23 68 78 17 R 39 54 89 77 33
1972 45 House 32 60 71 27 R 46 49 90 71 20
1973 46 House 30 67 78 19 R 26 72 96 80 28
1974 47 House 41 58 72 27 R 43 57 99 52* 29
1975 48 House 27 56 68 19 R 29 54 82 58* 25
1976 49 House 42 56 72 26 R 20 75 98 65 26
1977 50 House 45 49 69 28 D 68 24 96 58 24
1978 51 House 49 49 64 32 D 57 40 94 37 26
1979 52 House 60 33 59 36 D 50 46 93 50 31
1980 53 House 61 37 56 38 D 57 38 94 35 39
1981 54 House 61 29 65 25 R 43 45 91 44 27
1982 55 House 42 55 77 17 R 38 61 93 55 41
1983 56 House 35 58 76 17 R 40 59 92 63 32
1984 57 House 47 53 77 18 R 37 60 93 47 41
1985 58 House 47 44 78 14 R 28 65 94 74 17
1986 59 House 62 26 73 17 R 33 59 92 61 44
1987 60 House 63 35 80 11 R 31 67 92 67 9
1988 61 House 63 29 80 13 R 26 56 93 65 24
1989 62 House 61 34 73 20 R 42 56 93 58 26
1990 63 House 59 41 78 17 R 32 65 96 50 33
1991 64 House 51 35 70 17 R 36 57 90 60 25
1992 65 House 35 31 61 10 R 26 44 75 71 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   28%


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.