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Benjamin Gilman

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 6, 1922 in Poughkeepsie, NY
Died: December 17, 2016 in Wappingers Falls, NY

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1946
  • New York Law School, LL.B., 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant NY Attorney General, 1953-1955

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1966-1972


Election Results for Benjamin Gilman


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 49 NY R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 17,677 58.1%
1972 49 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 90,922 47.7%
1974 51 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 81,562 54.0%
1976 53 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 120,049 65.3%
1978 55 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 87,059 62.3%
1980 57 NY R U.S. House District 26 General 1 137,159 74.3%
1982 59 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 92,266 52.9%
1984 61 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 144,278 68.5%
1986 63 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 94,244 69.5%
1988 65 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 144,227 70.8%
1990 67 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 95,495 68.6%
1992 69 NY R U.S. House District 20 General 1 150,301 66.1%
1994 71 NY R U.S. House District 20 General 1 120,334 67.5%
1996 73 NY R U.S. House District 20 General 1 122,479 57.1%
1998 75 NY R U.S. House District 20 General 1 98,546 58.3%
2000 77 NY R U.S. House District 20 General 1 136,016 57.6%


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



Ideology Data for Benjamin Gilman


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
1973 50 House 41 55 47 50 R 49 47 96 48 56
1974 51 House 48 48 42 54 R 55 43 96 27 33
1975 52 House 44 54 46 51 R 52 46 96 63 42
1976 53 House 43 55 37 61 R 27 71 96 45 46
1977 54 House 53 44 50 46 D 63 33 94 53 46
1978 55 House 41 54 42 53 D 54 46 94 55 42
1979 56 House 45 51 44 53 D 50 45 96 56 39
1980 57 House 43 48 42 53 D 50 44 93 67 63
1981 58 House 48 51 42 48 R 51 29 88 47 58
1982 59 House 45 52 41 56 R 53 42 96 50 38
1983 60 House 61 38 42 56 R 57 43 95 45 59
1984 61 House 58 42 43 57 R 45 55 99 40 30
1985 62 House 60 38 43 53 R 44 55 96 45 37
1986 63 House 66 30 31 67 R 43 53 98 45 55
1987 64 House 58 42 33 60 R 38 61 95 68 26
1988 65 House 55 42 39 58 R 41 54 97 55 44
1989 66 House 44 56 29 69 R 44 55 99 50 46
1990 67 House 52 48 35 63 R 33 66 99 61 29
1991 68 House 57 43 39 61 R 50 50 99 60 30
1992 69 House 56 44 42 57 R 41 58 99 75 29
1993 70 House 68 32 52 47 D 69 31 99 55 46
1994 71 House 69 31 45 54 D 71 28 99 37 52
1995 72 House 80 17 78 21 D 38 62 99 30 60
1996 73 House 78 22 63 36 D 59 38 98 35 45
1997 74 House 80 20 69 30 D 49 51 98 50 40
1998 75 House 74 26 61 38 D 45 54 99 47 38
1999 76 House 61 38 D 44 56 99 50 52
2000 77 House 63 31 D 46 46 94 37 43
2001 78 House 74 24 R 60 37 99 40 36
2002 79 House 74 23 R 64 32 95 35 67
Lifetime conservative rating:   44%


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.