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Tom Lewis

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 26, 1924 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: August 1, 2003 in Palm Beach, FL

Education:

  • Central High School (Philadelphia, PA), 1942
  • Attended Palm Beach Junior College, 1957
  • Attended University of Florida, 1959

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1943-1954

Career:

  • Jet/rocket engine tester/aircraft industry executive, 1957-1973
  • Real estate & investment businessman, 1972-1982

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of North Palm Beach, 1964-1971
  • FL House, 1972-1980
  • FL Senate, 1980-1982


Election Results for Tom Lewis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 57 FL R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 17,509 61.7%
1982 57 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 81,893 52.6%
1984 59 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 0 0.0%
1986 61 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 150,244 99.4%
1988 63 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 0 0.0%
1990 65 FL R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 33,826 74.7%
1990 65 FL R U.S. House District 12 General 1 0 0.0%
1992 67 FL R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 29,716 64.1%
1992 67 FL R U.S. House District 16 General 1 157,322 60.8%


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



Ideology Data for Tom Lewis


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
1983 58 House 91 8 78 18 R 67 32 96 20 73
1984 59 House 93 7 81 16 R 58 40 96 20 78
1985 60 House 87 11 85 12 R 66 34 97 5 79
1986 61 House 86 8 82 14 R 71 26 96 15 73
1987 62 House 88 9 88 8 R 63 34 94 8 83
1988 63 House 95 0 93 5 R 69 28 96 5 100
1989 64 House 100 0 94 5 R 72 28 99 5 93
1990 65 House 93 2 86 8 R 68 31 95 6 92
1991 66 House 95 3 88 10 R 73 25 96 10 90
1992 67 House 94 2 90 6 R 70 27 96 11 96
1993 68 House 95 5 90 5 D 27 68 94 5 100
1994 69 House 83 0 86 2 D 32 51 87 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.