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Henry Helstoski

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 21, 1925 in Wallington, NJ
Died: December 16, 1999 in Wayne, NJ

Education:

  • Montclair State Teachers College, B.A., 1947, M.A., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1943-1945 (instructor and radio technician)

Career:

  • School teacher/principal/superintendent, 1949-1962, 1981-1985

Elected Office:

  • East Rutherford city council, 1956
  • Mayor of East Rutherford, 1957-1965


Election Results for Henry Helstoski


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 39 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 9,206 84.9%
1964 39 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 111,741 50.1%
1966 41 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 10,407 85.5%
1966 41 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 74,320 50.9%
1968 43 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 9,796 100.0%
1968 43 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 97,599 49.8%
1969 44 NJ D Governor Primary 3 60,483 15.6%
1970 45 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 13,336 100.0%
1970 45 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 91,589 56.6%
1972 47 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,740 100.0%
1972 47 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 119,543 55.8%
1974 49 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 21,985 91.5%
1974 49 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 1 99,592 64.5%
1976 51 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 20,286 54.1%
1976 51 NJ D U.S. House District 09 General 2 89,723 44.3%
1978 53 NJ Always For People U.S. House District 09 General 3 19,126 12.7%
1980 55 NJ D U.S. House District 09 Primary 3 9,359 23.1%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Helstoski


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
1965 40 House 0 84 79 2 D 90 4 85 100 0
1966 41 House 3 84 80 1 D 76 4 76 94 12
1967 42 House 0 96 88 3 D 80 9 89 100 0
1968 43 House 2 86 78 5 D 76 10 80 100 5
1969 44 House 4 93 85 13 R 45 47 92 93 7
1970 45 House 2 86 75 18 R 57 34 90 100 6
1971 46 House 1 91 86 7 R 28 58 92 100 17
1972 47 House 4 89 85 6 R 49 41 90 100 0
1973 48 House 5 92 91 7 R 27 72 96 92 25
1974 49 House 6 74 73 8 R 30 47 85 61* 13
1975 50 House 16 70 81 9 R 28 61 87 79* 8
1976 51 House 6 45 50 2 R 16 59 49 88 7
Lifetime conservative rating:   9%


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.