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Robert McEwen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 5, 1920 in Ogdensburg, NY
Died: June 15, 1997 in Ogdensburg, NY

Education:

  • Albany Law School, 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NY Senate, 1954-1964


Election Results for Robert McEwen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 44 NY R U.S. House District 31 Primary 1 17,715 43.1%
1964 44 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 74,380 54.6%
1966 46 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 75,680 67.6%
1968 48 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 88,562 58.4%
1970 50 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 90,585 72.4%
1972 52 NY R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 14,055 87.2%
1972 52 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 114,193 66.0%
1974 54 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 78,117 55.0%
1976 56 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 95,564 55.7%
1978 58 NY R U.S. House District 30 General 1 85,478 60.5%


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



Ideology Data for Robert McEwen


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
1965 45 House 76 4 72 7 D 36 47 80 0 93
1966 46 House 59 0 63 5 D 33 43 66 0 76
1967 47 House 69 11 69 3 D 31 39 71 8 85
1968 48 House 62 25 65 27 D 52 35 86 9 85
1969 49 House 76 18 67 24 R 55 34 91 0 60
1970 50 House 55 18 57 22 R 68 12 74 20 75
1971 51 House 85 6 77 10 R 72 14 81 3 89
1972 52 House 76 4 74 7 R 70 16 79 0 78
1973 53 House 79 11 73 15 R 67 20 82 8 78
1974 54 House 64 18 63 22 R 74 17 85 16 62
1975 55 House 76 12 72 17 R 58 31 85 11 85
1976 56 House 65 21 67 19 R 71 10 85 5 88
1977 57 House 78 10 69 18 D 38 39 85 11 73
1978 58 House 80 15 72 19 D 34 58 89 15 91
1979 59 House 69 10 62 17 D 25 57 76 0 86
1980 60 House 53 16 48 23 D 34 37 65 6 73
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.