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Amo Houghton

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 7, 1926 in Corning, NY
Died: March 4, 2020 in Corning, NY

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1950, M.B.A., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Chairman/CEO of Corning Glass, 1964-1986


Election Results for Amo Houghton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1986 59 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 85,856 60.1%
1988 61 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 131,078 96.5%
1990 63 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 89,831 69.6%
1992 65 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 150,696 70.6%
1994 67 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 121,178 84.8%
1996 69 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 139,734 71.6%
1998 71 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 107,615 68.0%
2000 73 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 154,238 77.3%
2002 75 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 127,657 73.1%


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



Ideology Data for Amo Houghton


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
1987 60 House 84 14 62 33 R 63 35 95 28 39
1988 61 House 92 8 61 32 R 52 45 96 45 56
1989 62 House 71 20 45 46 R 65 26 92 24 65
1990 63 House 72 22 58 36 R 57 39 94 35 43
1991 64 House 65 30 58 37 R 71 27 94 20 70
1992 65 House 79 19 64 33 R 66 32 97 30 67
1993 66 House 86 11 65 31 D 56 41 96 20 79
1994 67 House 75 17 57 36 D 68 27 93 21 68
1995 68 House 88 9 80 15 D 37 59 96 32 54
1996 69 House 75 16 70 21 D 58 38 91 22 60
1997 70 House 80 9 64 25 D 56 37 91 45 33
1998 71 House 79 14 63 32 D 44 46 94 32 29
1999 72 House 64 26 D 33 52 90 47 41
2000 73 House 70 22 D 52 44 90 22 52
2001 74 House 72 15 R 63 23 88 32 30
2002 75 House 68 19 R 61 29 88 22 62
2003 76 House 77 12 R 76 16 89 21 48
2004 77 House 73 15 R 45 39 87 44 60
Lifetime conservative rating:   53%


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.