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Robert Giaimo

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 15, 1919 in New Haven, CT
Died: May 24, 2006 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Fordham College, 1941
  • University of Connecticut, 1943

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946
  • U.S. Army Reserve (Judge Advocate General Corps)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • North Haven Board of Education, 1949-1955
  • Assistant probate court clerk, 1952-1954
  • CT Personnel Appeals Board, 1955-1958
  • North Haven selectman, 1955-1957


Election Results for Robert Giaimo


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 36 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 2 84,568 40.0%
1958 38 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,028 56.2%
1960 40 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 124,547 54.9%
1962 42 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 104,728 56.0%
1964 44 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 126,353 63.9%
1966 46 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 86,029 53.1%
1968 48 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 102,636 53.9%
1970 50 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,042 54.6%
1972 52 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,217 53.3%
1974 54 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,316 65.1%
1976 56 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,623 54.6%
1978 58 CT D U.S. House District 03 General 1 96,830 58.1%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Giaimo


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
1959 39 House 0 100 75 12 R 50 43 88 89
1960 40 House 5 95 80 20 R 60 40 96 100
1961 41 House 22 78 88 14 D 85 9 95 90 0
1962 42 House 6 81 86 7 D 85 8 92 100 0
1963 43 House 0 93 89 0 D 93 3 91 91 0
1964 44 House 0 92 81 8 D 88 6 88 92 0
1965 45 House 8 90 83 10 D 77 10 87 63 12
1966 46 House 11 89 85 5 D 78 10 84 71 12
1967 47 House 11 74 76 9 D 81 8 84 73 25
1968 48 House 20 65 68 12 D 69 13 69 58 14
1969 49 House 29 58 67 22 R 47 38 85 55 38
1970 50 House 18 57 67 19 R 48 29 73 60 18
1971 51 House 42 43 60 28 R 51 33 83 44 45
1972 52 House 35 44 56 24 R 46 27 82 40 63
1973 53 House 31 65 76 19 R 32 59 92 76 25
1974 54 House 18 63 72 13 R 40 51 83 65* 25
1975 55 House 24 66 76 18 R 36 60 91 89 15
1976 56 House 26 49 63 16 R 37 59 73 60 19
1977 57 House 20 68 74 13 D 75 10 82 67 9
1978 58 House 26 62 70 18 D 70 18 84 53 22
1979 59 House 21 56 64 10 D 66 13 69 61 3
1980 60 House 19 47 53 12 D 55 9 60 45 8
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.