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Joseph Martin

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 3, 1884 in North Attleboro, MA
Died: March 6, 1968 in Hollywood, FL

Career:

  • Newspaper reporter for Attleboro Sun and Providence Journal, 1902-1908
  • Publisher of North Attleboro Evening Chronicle
  • Publisher of Franklin Sentinel
  • Chairman of RNC, 1940-1942

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1912-1914
  • MA Senate, 1914-1917


Election Results for Joseph Martin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 51 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 26,625 79.8%
1936 51 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 58,758 53.3%
1938 53 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 26,718 100.0%
1938 53 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 63,608 58.7%
1940 55 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 20,214 100.0%
1940 55 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 65,780 54.4%
1942 57 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 11,075 100.0%
1942 57 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 54,977 59.4%
1944 59 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 16,925 100.0%
1944 59 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 79,928 62.0%
1946 61 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 11,931 100.0%
1946 61 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 71,586 63.6%
1948 63 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 87,973 61.4%
1950 65 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 23,998 100.0%
1950 65 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 84,508 64.3%
1952 67 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 31,252 100.0%
1952 67 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 108,215 63.2%
1954 69 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 16,592 100.0%
1954 69 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 87,840 62.0%
1956 71 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 19,438 100.0%
1956 71 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 111,420 62.4%
1958 73 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 21,249 100.0%
1958 73 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 90,751 61.0%
1960 75 MA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 18,289 87.4%
1960 75 MA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 115,209 60.3%
1962 77 MA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 47,693 100.0%
1962 77 MA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 124,091 65.5%
1964 79 MA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 12,970 75.1%
1964 79 MA R U.S. House District 10 General 1 133,403 63.0%
1966 81 MA R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 12,218 44.2%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Martin


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
1937 52 House 93 5 D 93
1938 53 House 88 2 D 85
1939 54 House 90 4 D 99
1940 55 House 80 3 D 80
1941 56 House 91 4 D 88
1942 57 House 65 15 D 78
1943 58 House 88 6 D 90
1944 59 House 87 10 D 94
1945 60 House 82 10 D 89
1946 61 House 84 13 D 95
1947 62 House 0 0 D 0 0
1948 63 House 0 0 D 0 0
1949 64 House 77 9 D 89 0
1950 65 House 81 8 D 87 7
1951 66 House 78 10 D 87 8
1952 67 House 73 16 D 86 8
1953 68 House 0 0 R 0 0 0
1954 69 House 0 0 R 0 0 0 0
1955 70 House 65 29 R 78 12 92 44
1956 71 House 78 16 R 85 9 89 71
1957 72 House 63 26 R 73 22 93 78
1958 73 House 57 24 R 74 18 88 33
1959 74 House 73 0 58 6 R 48 9 62 29
1960 75 House 11 42 35 29 R 44 23 72 63
1961 76 House 48 26 62 16 D 38 45 79 44 56
1962 77 House 31 25 39 23 D 50 27 65 33 36
1963 78 House 27 33 24 24 D 30 15 43 56 70
1964 79 House 17 50 16 27 D 38 17 46 67 40
1965 80 House 47 16 39 18 D 30 23 53 25 86
1966 81 House 3 16 13 14 D 20 8 30 50 47
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.