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Abraham Multer

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 24, 1900 in New York City, NY
Died: November 4, 1986 in West Hartford, CT

Education:

  • Brooklyn Law School, LL.B., 1921, LL.M., 1922
  • Yeshiva University, LL.D., 1963

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Counsel to NYC Mayor, 1947
  • NY Supreme Court justice, 1967-1977


Election Results for Abraham Multer


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1947 46 NY D U.S. House District 14 Special 1 47,849 58.2%
1948 47 NY D,R U.S. House District 14 General 1 103,676 77.8%
1950 49 NY D U.S. House District 14 General 1 75,020 70.6%
1952 51 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 112,152 68.3%
1954 53 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 89,907 78.8%
1956 55 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 110,469 71.2%
1958 57 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 88,406 76.1%
1960 59 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 117,087 75.4%
1962 61 NY D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 20,417 88.0%
1962 61 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 116,753 74.6%
1964 63 NY D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 23,583 76.9%
1964 63 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 129,414 69.1%
1966 65 NY D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 19,803 51.2%
1966 65 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 95,511 61.9%


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



Ideology Data for Abraham Multer


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
1947 46 House 5 0 D 7 0
1948 47 House 75 0 D 78 100
1949 48 House 86 2 D 83 100
1950 49 House 84 10 D 86 100
1951 50 House 96 1 D 92 100
1952 51 House 91 5 D 85 100
1953 52 House 79 16 R 53 89 100
1954 53 House 87 7 R 37 58 88 100
1955 54 House 90 0 R 61 37 92 100
1956 55 House 84 13 R 59 32 90 100
1957 56 House 78 5 R 50 33 84 89
1958 57 House 84 11 R 66 20 92 100
1959 58 House 9 82 90 0 R 37 56 86 100
1960 59 House 0 89 71 10 R 53 35 80 100
1961 60 House 0 78 83 0 D 82 5 78 100 0
1962 61 House 0 100 91 2 D 93 3 87 100 0
1963 62 House 0 80 79 0 D 77 3 73 100 7
1964 63 House 8 92 82 5 D 90 4 87 100 7
1965 64 House 2 86 87 2 D 88 3 86 89 6
1966 65 House 3 89 84 0 D 75 3 79 94 8
1967 66 House 0 83 84 0 D 80 5 73 80 0
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.