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Frank Horton

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 12, 1919 in Cuero, TX
Died: August 30, 2004 in Winchester, VA

Education:

  • Louisiana State University, A.B., 1941
  • Cornell University, LL.B., 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • VP of International Baseball League, 1959-1961

Elected Office:

  • Rochester city council, 1955-1961


Election Results for Frank Horton


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 42 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 96,581 59.3%
1964 44 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 107,406 56.0%
1966 46 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 110,541 67.3%
1968 48 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 138,400 70.3%
1970 50 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 123,209 70.5%
1972 52 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 142,803 72.1%
1974 54 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 105,585 67.5%
1976 56 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 126,566 65.9%
1978 58 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 122,785 87.1%
1980 60 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 133,278 72.9%
1982 62 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 104,412 66.4%
1984 64 NY R U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 8,014 62.0%
1984 64 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 138,362 69.6%
1986 66 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 99,704 70.7%
1988 68 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 132,608 68.8%
1990 70 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 89,105 63.0%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Horton


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
1963 43 House 67 27 67 28 D 46 54 97 42 80
1964 44 House 25 67 37 56 D 73 27 92 62 38
1965 45 House 24 71 36 59 D 72 22 94 68 44
1966 46 House 35 62 54 43 D 58 31 91 53 59
1967 47 House 31 61 43 48 D 64 27 88 73 7
1968 48 House 29 65 38 54 D 75 17 92 50 36
1969 49 House 20 80 36 62 R 60 36 97 80 27
1970 50 House 23 52 19 56 R 60 22 76 88 13
1971 51 House 41 47 38 50 R 65 30 88 54 32
1972 52 House 45 43 37 52 R 68 16 89 47 20
1973 53 House 53 44 49 49 R 63 36 97 44 52
1974 54 House 39 56 37 55 R 62 30 92 57 29
1975 55 House 41 36 40 44 R 63 28 83 63 35
1976 56 House 50 41 38 53 R 53 39 88 40 38
1977 57 House 52 40 40 51 D 54 37 89 32 45
1978 58 House 57 34 48 42 D 49 43 88 55 42
1979 59 House 53 41 37 55 D 57 36 89 47 38
1980 60 House 47 44 41 53 D 52 41 90 82 39
1981 61 House 37 44 45 37 R 50 34 82 47 60
1982 62 House 55 36 39 50 R 39 47 88 53 18
1983 63 House 43 47 32 61 R 39 56 94 50 32
1984 64 House 68 32 35 59 R 48 45 92 65 22
1985 65 House 51 36 25 66 R 31 68 89 55 26
1986 66 House 48 40 18 74 R 27 67 92 79 10
1987 67 House 74 26 27 64 R 35 59 91 57 10
1988 68 House 55 34 28 62 R 30 58 90 72 22
1989 69 House 49 46 25 70 R 50 49 93 70 29
1990 70 House 56 39 27 66 R 32 65 95 61 25
1991 71 House 68 32 34 63 R 52 45 95 53 30
1992 72 House 63 25 42 50 R 48 45 92 50 55
Lifetime conservative rating:   34%


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.