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Charles Goodell

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 16, 1926 in Jamestown, NY
Died: January 21, 1987 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Williams College, 1948
  • Yale University Law School, 1951, 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Air Force, 1952-1953

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Congressional liaison for U.S. Department of Justice, 1954-1955

Elected Office:

  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on September 10, 1968 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Robert Kennedy


Election Results for Charles Goodell


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1959 33 NY R U.S. House District 43 Special 1 27,454 65.0%
1960 34 NY R U.S. House District 43 General 1 87,585 62.8%
1962 36 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 83,361 68.3%
1964 38 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 90,201 58.4%
1966 40 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 82,137 67.2%
1970 44 NY R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 3 1,404,472 23.8%


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



Ideology Data for Charles Goodell


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 33 House 33 33 79 7 R 78 8 83 40
1960 34 House 95 5 88 12 R 72 28 98 22
1961 35 House 83 9 78 9 D 43 52 86 10 67
1962 36 House 56 25 77 18 D 42 48 85 29 86
1963 37 House 53 27 77 9 D 32 56 90 18 64
1964 38 House 75 17 84 10 D 37 56 88 8 80
1965 39 House 71 8 71 12 D 31 49 81 6 86
1966 40 House 78 11 79 9 D 37 48 84 6 74
1967 41 House 69 22 66 20 D 50 39 88 14 69
1968 42 House 37 39 38 33 D 52 19 66 40 50
1968 42 Senate 1 9 D 13 1 13 0 0
1969 43 Senate 17 70 33 54 R 53 25 82 88 25
1970 44 Senate 3 69 10 60 R 34 36 65 95 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   59%


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.