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Thomas Lane

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 6, 1898 in Lawrence, MA
Died: June 14, 1994 in Lawrence, MA

Education:

  • Suffolk Law School, 1925

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • MA Governor's Council, 1965-1970

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1927-1938
  • MA Senate, 1939-1941


Election Results for Thomas Lane


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1941 42 MA D U.S. House District 07 Special Primary 1 17,274 51.6%
1941 42 MA D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 26,094 58.5%
1942 43 MA R (write-in) U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 292 50.4%
1942 43 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,343 100.0%
1942 43 MA D,R U.S. House District 07 General 1 68,073 100.0%
1944 45 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 15,695 100.0%
1944 45 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 78,808 68.1%
1946 47 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 17,689 100.0%
1946 47 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 59,871 60.7%
1948 49 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 100,333 79.2%
1950 51 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,985 100.0%
1950 51 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 91,854 78.5%
1952 53 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 41,958 100.0%
1952 53 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 105,662 74.7%
1954 55 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 35,145 100.0%
1954 55 MA R (write-in) U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 253 71.7%
1954 55 MA D,R U.S. House District 07 General 1 102,659 100.0%
1956 57 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 25,862 43.2%
1956 57 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 87,415 68.5%
1958 59 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,902 79.5%
1958 59 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 84,243 75.6%
1960 61 MA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,226 71.1%
1960 61 MA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 117,237 100.0%
1962 63 MA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,549 52.9%
1962 63 MA D U.S. House District 05 General 2 83,504 42.6%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Lane


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
1942 43 House 80 5 D 82
1943 44 House 71 19 D 82
1944 45 House 83 3 D 74
1945 46 House 54 18 D 73
1946 47 House 82 11 D 72
1947 48 House 76 21 D 89 83
1948 49 House 33 6 D 43 100
1949 50 House 82 9 D 90 85
1950 51 House 91 5 D 94 93
1951 52 House 88 9 D 93 92
1952 53 House 82 9 D 92 83
1953 54 House 84 16 R 61 90 100
1954 55 House 70 10 R 58 39 88 78
1955 56 House 61 35 R 46 49 95 67
1956 57 House 3 13 R 26 3 22 0
1957 58 House 78 20 R 63 35 98 78
1958 59 House 78 22 R 64 34 99 75
1959 60 House 18 73 83 12 R 48 48 94 78
1960 61 House 21 79 76 24 R 47 53 99 100
1961 62 House 13 87 88 12 D 92 8 100 90 13
1962 63 House 19 69 82 9 D 85 7 86 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.