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Joseph Minish

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 1, 1916 in Throop, PA
Died: November 24, 2007 in Livingston, NJ

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Executive secretary of Essex-West Hudson CIO, 1954-1960
  • Executive director of regional AFL-CIO, 1960-1962


Election Results for Joseph Minish


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 45 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 10,382 100.0%
1962 45 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 48,102 59.5%
1964 47 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 8,254 84.7%
1964 47 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 82,457 69.6%
1966 49 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 10,807 91.3%
1966 49 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 64,023 58.3%
1968 51 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 14,041 94.9%
1968 51 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 91,496 65.5%
1970 53 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 14,538 100.0%
1970 53 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 68,075 68.5%
1972 55 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,065 100.0%
1972 55 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 120,227 57.5%
1974 57 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 13,182 100.0%
1974 57 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 98,957 69.2%
1976 59 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 35,145 100.0%
1976 59 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 129,026 67.6%
1978 61 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 19,281 91.9%
1978 61 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 88,294 70.5%
1980 63 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 28,491 100.0%
1980 63 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 106,155 63.0%
1982 65 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,354 75.2%
1982 65 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 1 105,607 64.3%
1984 67 NJ D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 25,688 87.7%
1984 67 NJ D U.S. House District 11 General 2 106,038 44.2%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Minish


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
1963 46 House 7 80 95 2 D 94 4 96 92 6
1964 47 House 0 100 94 5 D 96 4 95 92 0
1965 48 House 0 100 95 3 D 95 4 98 89 6
1966 49 House 8 89 83 6 D 82 8 90 82 12
1967 50 House 13 83 91 7 D 90 8 93 80 8
1968 51 House 6 80 84 4 D 77 15 91 75 9
1969 52 House 7 93 93 7 R 55 45 100 80 20
1970 53 House 14 86 81 19 R 71 29 100 72 39
1971 54 House 7 90 89 8 R 39 56 98 91 5
1972 55 House 15 83 84 13 R 57 41 99 88 10
1973 56 House 16 80 84 12 R 30 66 95 84 36
1974 57 House 25 74 84 13 R 45 53 98 74* 10
1975 58 House 20 76 83 13 R 35 61 96 79* 15
1976 59 House 30 70 84 15 R 24 75 98 65 21
1977 60 House 27 63 75 19 D 72 22 94 61 20
1978 61 House 30 66 70 26 D 70 27 94 37 13
1979 62 House 28 69 79 17 D 74 21 92 58 22
1980 63 House 24 69 78 14 D 72 25 93 72 21
1981 64 House 25 69 82 11 R 30 62 94 84 20
1982 65 House 23 73 90 7 R 36 61 97 84 19
1983 66 House 21 76 90 7 R 24 73 95 85 14
1984 67 House 36 59 73 17 R 35 56 90 75 24
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.