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Joe Moakley

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 27, 1927 in Boston, MA
Died: May 28, 2001 in Bethesda, MD

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1953-1963
  • MA Senate, 1964-1970

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Independent to Democrat on January, 2, 1973


Election Results for Joe Moakley


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 43 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 2 19,656 31.2%
1972 45 MA I U.S. House District 09 General 1 70,571 43.2%
1974 47 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 46,550 100.0%
1974 47 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 94,804 89.3%
1976 49 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 39,291 67.3%
1976 49 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 103,901 69.6%
1978 51 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 45,826 100.0%
1978 51 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 106,805 91.8%
1980 53 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 27,162 100.0%
1980 53 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 104,010 100.0%
1982 55 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 75,181 100.0%
1982 55 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 102,665 64.1%
1984 57 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 52,896 88.1%
1984 57 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 153,132 99.9%
1986 59 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 48,429 89.8%
1986 59 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 110,026 83.8%
1988 61 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 36,424 100.0%
1988 61 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 160,799 99.8%
1990 63 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 70,420 99.9%
1990 63 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 124,534 70.3%
1992 65 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 71,013 99.6%
1992 65 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 175,550 69.2%
1994 67 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 57,471 86.2%
1994 67 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 146,287 69.8%
1996 69 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 29,842 99.8%
1996 69 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 172,012 72.2%
1998 71 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 64,131 99.8%
1998 71 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 150,667 99.4%
2000 73 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 19,334 99.6%
2000 73 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 193,020 77.6%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Moakley


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
1973 46 House 6 92 92 8 R 27 71 97 88 12
1974 47 House 14 78 82 9 R 47 49 90 77 21
1975 48 House 6 92 81 6 R 31 65 97 100 3
1976 49 House 12 85 88 8 R 24 75 93 85 6
1977 50 House 11 81 84 10 D 71 23 94 85 5
1978 51 House 10 84 81 12 D 74 21 93 70 4
1979 52 House 17 81 87 10 D 72 21 93 79 11
1980 53 House 12 79 86 4 D 72 19 91 76 12
1981 54 House 23 63 81 8 R 36 47 89 78 8
1982 55 House 25 70 89 5 R 39 52 92 84 10
1983 56 House 11 82 89 5 R 22 74 93 84 5
1984 57 House 12 76 86 5 R 29 63 93 89 4
1985 58 House 11 85 80 4 R 23 65 86 90 5
1986 59 House 16 84 87 3 R 16 79 91 85 5
1987 60 House 12 84 91 1 R 19 78 94 96 5
1988 61 House 5 92 95 3 R 21 77 98 90 8
1989 62 House 10 83 89 4 R 31 65 95 95 4
1990 63 House 28 69 95 4 R 24 75 99 78 4
1991 64 House 22 73 90 7 R 32 66 97 90 5
1992 65 House 13 85 89 2 R 15 71 91 89 4
1993 66 House 11 66 82 2 D 74 16 84 100 0
1994 67 House 25 75 97 0 D 78 22 98 95 0
1995 68 House 7 41 52 2 D 44 5 54 78 7
1996 69 House 10 75 83 6 D 68 19 90 87 6
1997 70 House 16 80 87 9 D 69 29 97 85 8
1998 71 House 14 64 73 5 D 67 18 79 93 13
1999 72 House 91 7 D 72 24 94 90 4
2000 73 House 89 8 D 74 22 92 84 16
2001 74 House 17 0 R 0 14 14 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.