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Austin Murphy

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 17, 1927 in North Charleroi, PA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1948-1951

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1959-1971
  • PA Senate, 1971-1977

Other notes:

  • Reprimanded by the U.S. House of Representatives on December 18, 1987, for "ghost voting" and improper use of official resources


Election Results for Austin Murphy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 49 PA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 26,358 28.5%
1976 49 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 97,036 55.3%
1978 51 PA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 57,083 69.1%
1978 51 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 99,559 71.6%
1980 53 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 118,084 69.6%
1982 55 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 123,716 78.7%
1984 57 PA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 78,740 85.8%
1984 57 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 153,514 79.0%
1986 59 PA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 57,312 87.9%
1986 59 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 131,650 100.0%
1988 61 PA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 64,187 73.5%
1988 61 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 123,428 72.4%
1990 63 PA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 48,455 70.1%
1990 63 PA D U.S. House District 22 General 1 78,375 63.3%
1992 65 PA D U.S. House District 20 Primary 1 36,585 36.1%
1992 65 PA D U.S. House District 20 General 1 114,898 50.7%


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



Ideology Data for Austin Murphy


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
1977 50 House 43 56 69 29 D 70 28 95 50 26
1978 51 House 41 53 58 35 D 47 51 93 42 26
1979 52 House 66 34 60 40 D 52 48 99 42 36
1980 53 House 49 46 65 32 D 59 38 97 44 35
1981 54 House 52 40 58 30 R 38 53 89 58 25
1982 55 House 41 49 71 19 R 35 57 91 58 33
1983 56 House 38 57 78 18 R 22 77 94 80 18
1984 57 House 46 51 65 28 R 35 63 95 55 43
1985 58 House 49 49 78 20 R 36 63 97 60 21
1986 59 House 50 42 75 19 R 21 77 95 70 19
1987 60 House 56 40 68 20 R 21 69 89 65 5
1988 61 House 47 42 50 36 R 28 59 88 71 24
1989 62 House 41 56 49 45 R 34 62 93 75 30
1990 63 House 44 54 61 33 R 29 69 94 50 33
1991 64 House 51 38 63 28 R 34 53 90 56 39
1992 65 House 29 60 64 32 R 23 70 93 72 35
1993 66 House 45 48 55 38 D 57 38 93 68 35
1994 67 House 42 33 65 23 D 64 21 87 63 39
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.