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Patrick McNamara

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 4, 1884 in North Weymouth, MA
Died: April 30, 1966 in Bethesda, MD

Career:

  • Construction union worker, 1921-1955
  • Office of Price Administration, 1942-1945
  • VP of Stanley-Carter Co., 1946-1954

Elected Office:

  • Detroit city council, 1946-1947
  • Detroit Board of Education, 1949-1955


Election Results for Patrick McNamara


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 69 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 226,686 64.2%
1954 69 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,088,550 50.8%
1960 75 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 398,611 100.0%
1960 75 MI D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,669,179 51.7%


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



Ideology Data for Patrick McNamara


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
1955 70 Senate 92 8 R 56 37 94 100
1956 71 Senate 87 12 R 54 46 95 100
1957 72 Senate 66 29 R 67 19 89 100
1958 73 Senate 85 10 R 43 50 95 100
1959 74 Senate 2 85 83 9 R 36 55 92 100
1960 75 Senate 0 78 68 13 R 45 30 76 100
1961 76 Senate 2 95 96 2 D 89 10 97 100 0
1962 77 Senate 12 65 84 1 D 70 17 82 92 13
1963 78 Senate 0 86 88 0 D 82 3 83 100 0
1964 79 Senate 6 94 89 9 D 82 13 90 100 0
1965 80 Senate 8 82 81 6 D 83 7 90 94 7
1966 81 Senate 4 2 D 6 2 5 100 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.