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Thomas Manton

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 3, 1932 in New York City, NY
Died: July 22, 2006 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • St. John's University, B.B.A., 1958, LL.B., 1962

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1951-1953

Career:

  • New York City police officer, 1955-1960
  • Salesman for IBM, 1960-1964
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • New York City council, 1970-1984


Election Results for Thomas Manton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 39 NY D U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 12,405 44.3%
1978 45 NY D U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 5,499 28.4%
1984 51 NY D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 8,563 30.3%
1984 51 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 71,420 52.8%
1986 53 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 50,738 69.4%
1988 55 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 72,851 100.0%
1990 57 NY D U.S. House District 09 General 1 35,177 64.4%
1992 59 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 72,280 56.9%
1994 61 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 58,935 87.1%
1996 63 NY D U.S. House District 07 General 1 78,848 71.1%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas Manton


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
1985 52 House 24 69 88 5 R 23 71 94 70 11
1986 53 House 30 60 88 3 R 18 77 92 75 9
1987 54 House 23 77 92 2 R 19 78 94 80 4
1988 55 House 32 63 89 6 R 24 67 93 72 17
1989 56 House 41 56 82 12 R 38 53 91 70 4
1990 57 House 35 61 89 6 R 26 72 94 67 9
1991 58 House 22 76 86 6 R 35 58 94 80 10
1992 59 House 40 52 84 9 R 30 63 92 85 8
1993 60 House 50 45 82 10 D 84 11 93 78 14
1994 61 House 47 50 86 6 D 83 14 94 72 15
1995 62 House 47 50 82 15 D 68 32 97 72 29
1996 63 House 65 33 77 19 D 73 24 97 72 26
1997 64 House 62 36 74 19 D 56 36 94 75 29
1998 65 House 33 55 81 11 D 71 20 92 94 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.