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Joseph Montoya

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 24, 1915 in Penablanca, NM
Died: June 5, 1978 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Georgetown University Law School, 1938

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NM House, 1937-1940
  • NM Senate, 1941-1946, 1953-1954
  • NM Lt. Governor, 1947-1951


Election Results for Joseph Montoya


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 34 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 3 38,660 24.2%
1957 41 NM D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 72,889 53.0%
1958 42 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 124,924 63.1%
1960 44 NM D U.S. House District A2 Primary 1 70,577 57.3%
1960 44 NM D U.S. House District 02 General 1 176,514 58.6%
1962 46 NM D U.S. House District A2 Primary 1 75,008 68.9%
1962 46 NM D U.S. House District 01 General 1 128,651 52.5%
1964 48 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 178,209 54.7%
1970 54 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 82,285 72.4%
1970 54 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 151,486 52.3%
1976 60 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 96,063 66.3%
1976 60 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 176,382 42.7%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Montoya


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
1957 41 House 79 9 R 53 37 90 67
1958 42 House 68 8 R 62 14 77 89
1959 43 House 9 91 85 4 R 48 48 93 89
1960 44 House 0 47 59 4 R 33 40 65 100
1961 45 House 17 74 84 10 D 82 14 94 90 7
1962 46 House 6 88 82 7 D 82 3 97 86 8
1963 47 House 33 53 74 10 D 72 11 87 75 25
1964 48 House 42 50 68 13 D 71 13 74 75 20
1965 49 Senate 10 79 79 9 D 71 18 88 88 21
1966 50 Senate 17 71 69 8 D 66 14 82 70 8
1967 51 Senate 25 52 70 14 D 62 15 79 54 23
1968 52 Senate 31 36 53 13 D 49 13 63 50 5
1969 53 Senate 36 54 70 21 R 43 42 85 76 36
1970 54 Senate 19 47 52 12 R 22 37 58 63 24
1971 55 Senate 43 39 64 15 R 43 46 79 80 21
1972 56 Senate 28 59 72 14 R 37 54 89 47 9
1973 57 Senate 33 59 73 17 R 38 59 90 50 25
1974 58 Senate 27 66 75 17 R 41 52 90 62* 27
1975 59 Senate 44 42 52 29 R 55 27 81 44 39
1976 60 Senate 40 28 41 21 R 25 34 57 50 22
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.