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Frank McCloskey

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 12, 1939 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: November 2, 2003 in Bloomington, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University, B.A., 1968, J.D., 1971

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1957-1961

Career:

  • Newspaper reporter, 1961-1968
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Bloomington, 1972-1982


Election Results for Frank McCloskey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 43 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 39,698 100.0%
1982 43 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,592 51.4%
1984 45 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 63,981 88.5%
1984 45 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 113,860 49.7%
1986 47 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 48,567 88.9%
1986 47 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 106,662 53.0%
1988 49 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 62,944 88.6%
1988 49 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 141,355 61.8%
1990 51 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 44,906 88.5%
1990 51 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,465 54.7%
1992 53 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 44,159 100.0%
1992 53 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 125,244 52.5%
1994 55 IN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 39,386 73.5%
1994 55 IN D U.S. House District 08 General 2 84,857 47.6%


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



Ideology Data for Frank McCloskey


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 44 House 29 69 89 10 R 17 82 98 80 23
1984 45 House 25 69 84 9 R 37 59 97 79 14
1985 46 House 27 73 89 10 R 29 71 99 68 24
1986 47 House 52 48 84 13 R 24 76 97 55 18
1987 48 House 28 72 90 5 R 20 79 97 83 4
1988 49 House 29 71 91 7 R 20 78 98 75 16
1989 50 House 22 78 89 7 R 31 69 97 85 7
1990 51 House 26 72 93 6 R 20 78 98 83 8
1991 52 House 30 70 91 4 R 29 70 96 90 0
1992 53 House 27 71 93 5 R 17 80 97 95 13
1993 54 House 27 70 93 5 D 86 14 97 90 9
1994 55 House 44 47 88 6 D 85 15 94 68 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   13%


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.