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Norman Lent

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 23, 1931 in Oceanside, NY
Died: June 11, 2012 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • Hofstra University, B.A., 1952
  • Cornell University, LL.B., 1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1952-1954 and Korea

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Associate police justice in East Rockaway, 1958-1960
  • Secretary to NY Supreme Court justice, 1960-1962

Elected Office:

  • NY Senate, 1962-1970


Election Results for Norman Lent


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 39 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,824 51.0%
1972 41 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 125,422 62.4%
1974 43 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 85,382 53.6%
1976 45 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,058 55.8%
1978 47 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,711 66.1%
1980 49 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 117,455 66.8%
1982 51 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 105,241 60.4%
1984 53 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 154,875 68.9%
1986 55 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 92,214 64.8%
1988 57 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 151,038 70.1%
1990 59 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 79,304 61.2%


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



Ideology Data for Norman Lent


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
1971 40 House 72 19 70 21 R 72 19 84 24 80
1972 41 House 70 20 61 28 R 81 11 89 14 67
1973 42 House 58 31 60 29 R 61 28 86 9 76
1974 43 House 63 33 57 38 R 57 38 93 30* 38
1975 44 House 69 25 61 28 R 64 28 89 26* 63
1976 45 House 74 21 62 32 R 61 35 95 22 76
1977 46 House 78 15 72 18 D 46 41 89 21 76
1978 47 House 70 27 71 23 D 41 55 93 21 91
1979 48 House 80 17 72 24 D 32 63 94 0 76
1980 49 House 73 21 66 28 D 44 46 90 19 56
1981 50 House 80 17 75 23 R 68 30 96 11 92
1982 51 House 71 27 60 32 R 66 27 91 35 52
1983 52 House 78 19 65 29 R 68 24 93 11 76
1984 53 House 80 14 65 24 R 55 35 88 11 70
1985 54 House 89 9 72 25 R 65 33 96 11 72
1986 55 House 72 18 65 27 R 61 33 93 22 64
1987 56 House 77 21 54 36 R 58 35 91 13 59
1988 57 House 76 13 61 33 R 48 42 94 26 68
1989 58 House 83 15 56 40 R 76 21 93 10 70
1990 59 House 78 19 60 33 R 67 28 92 17 63
1991 60 House 81 11 66 26 R 77 20 93 11 74
1992 61 House 75 4 69 19 R 71 13 88 6 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   70%


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.