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Bradford Morse

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 7, 1921 in Lowell, MA
Died: December 18, 1994 in Naples, FL

Education:

  • Boston University, B.S., 1948, LL.B., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Staff, U.S. Senate Armed Forces Committee, 1953-1954
  • Asst. to MA Sen. Leverett Saltonstall, 1955-1958
  • Deputy administrator in Veterans' Administration, 1958-1960
  • U.N. Under Secretary General, 1972-1976
  • U.N. Development Program, 1976-1986

Elected Office:

  • Lowell city council, 1952-1953


Election Results for Bradford Morse


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 38 MA R (write-in) U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 16,023 77.7%
1960 38 MA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 123,161 54.5%
1962 40 MA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,889 100.0%
1962 40 MA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 112,455 57.4%
1964 42 MA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 21,730 100.0%
1964 42 MA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 137,735 65.0%
1966 44 MA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 17,928 100.0%
1966 44 MA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 140,702 74.8%
1968 46 MA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 11,921 100.0%
1968 46 MA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 124,930 60.4%
1970 48 MA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 16,378 100.0%
1970 48 MA R U.S. House District 05 General 1 116,666 63.3%


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



Ideology Data for Bradford Morse


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
1961 39 House 52 48 67 29 D 57 38 97 50 33
1962 40 House 31 69 60 37 D 67 32 95 50 40
1963 41 House 27 60 40 46 D 56 28 86 75 57
1964 42 House 25 67 42 42 D 69 23 82 62 44
1965 43 House 35 53 44 44 D 58 27 84 50 33
1966 44 House 19 65 38 40 D 53 21 75 64 45
1967 45 House 17 72 37 51 D 61 24 83 71 0
1968 46 House 24 61 23 51 D 61 15 71 73 17
1969 47 House 9 76 16 62 R 47 30 80 79 14
1970 48 House 14 70 28 63 R 68 22 83 73 22
1971 49 House 26 66 41 49 R 53 44 89 81 10
1972 50 House 1 10 R 16 8 21 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   29%


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.