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Maurice Hinchey

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 27, 1938 in New York City, NY
Died: November 22, 2017 in Saugerties, NY

Education:

  • SUNY-New Paltz, B.S., 1968. M.A., 1970

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1956-1959

Career:

  • Cement plant worker, 1959-1964
  • NY Thruway toll collector, 1959-1968
  • NY Department of Education, 1971-1974

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1975-1993


Election Results for Maurice Hinchey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1992 53 NY D U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 19,426 54.5%
1992 53 NY D U.S. House District 26 General 1 119,557 50.4%
1994 55 NY D U.S. House District 26 General 1 95,492 49.1%
1996 57 NY D U.S. House District 26 General 1 122,850 55.2%
1998 59 NY D U.S. House District 26 General 1 108,204 61.8%
2000 61 NY D U.S. House District 26 General 1 140,395 62.0%
2002 63 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 1 113,280 64.2%
2004 65 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 1 167,489 67.2%
2006 67 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 1 121,683 100.0%
2008 69 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 1 168,558 66.4%
2010 71 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 1 98,661 52.6%


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



Ideology Data for Maurice Hinchey


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
1993 54 House 14 80 92 3 D 81 16 94 100 4
1994 55 House 14 86 97 1 D 78 21 98 95 5
1995 56 House 5 93 96 2 D 88 11 98 100 8
1996 57 House 20 78 93 7 D 77 22 98 95 5
1997 58 House 7 91 94 3 D 80 19 95 95 8
1998 59 House 7 90 94 4 D 82 17 98 100 4
1999 60 House 91 4 D 72 15 94 100 4
2000 61 House 95 2 D 88 10 94 95 0
2001 62 House 96 3 R 21 79 98 100 0
2002 63 House 96 1 R 18 82 94 100 4
2003 64 House 93 2 R 16 84 94 100 8
2004 65 House 86 1 R 24 64 89 100 0
2005 66 House 94 2 R 11 87 94 100 4
2006 67 House 95 2 R 8 92 94 100 4
2007 68 House 97 1 R 2 98 97 100 0
2008 69 House 94 2 R 17 83 94 95 12
2009 70 House 96 1 D 90 7 95 100 0
2010 71 House 96 0 D 88 10 94 100 0
2011 72 House 72 4 D 60 20 74 100 6
2012 73 House 92 1 D 81 14 92 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.