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John Murphy

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 3, 1926 in Staten Island, NY
Died: May 25, 2015 in Staten Island, NY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1956
  • Awarded Distinguished Service Cross and the Bronze Star with V and Oak Leaf Cluster

Other notes:

  • Convicted on December 3, 1980, of conspiracy and receipt of an unlawful gratuity
  • Sentenced to federal prison and was fined


Election Results for John Murphy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 33 NY D U.S. House District 15 General 2 77,812 47.2%
1962 35 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 12,782 69.0%
1962 35 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 57,666 47.5%
1964 37 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 89,438 61.4%
1966 39 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 71,889 57.4%
1968 41 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 18,258 64.8%
1968 41 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 73,253 48.8%
1970 43 NY D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 13,426 71.4%
1970 43 NY D U.S. House District 16 General 1 71,553 51.6%
1972 45 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 92,252 60.3%
1974 47 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 18,544 52.5%
1974 47 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 63,805 57.7%
1976 49 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 17,383 61.1%
1976 49 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 89,126 65.6%
1978 51 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 11,179 45.7%
1978 51 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 54,228 54.2%
1980 53 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 14,607 34.6%
1980 53 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 2 50,954 35.0%


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



Ideology Data for John 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
1963 36 House 0 66 77 0 D 75 13 77 91 0
1964 37 House 8 83 92 0 D 94 2 95 92 6
1965 38 House 8 88 87 2 D 92 3 89 74 19
1966 39 House 8 70 75 3 D 75 7 79 81 5
1967 40 House 6 74 79 0 D 70 6 70 85 0
1968 41 House 12 63 76 1 D 66 7 72 73 0
1969 42 House 23 45 65 13 R 60 28 77 50 21
1970 43 House 23 50 71 11 R 51 25 69 59 24
1971 44 House 37 35 53 17 R 60 16 74 53 44
1972 45 House 28 44 51 16 R 51 19 69 58 0
1973 46 House 24 63 75 10 R 36 54 79 54 35
1974 47 House 25 50 63 13 R 36 36 72 45 16
1975 48 House 26 45 62 14 R 34 49 75 47* 19
1976 49 House 34 53 65 16 R 39 45 81 53 28
1977 50 House 25 53 66 12 D 56 15 76 42 22
1978 51 House 23 58 65 16 D 57 24 76 44 13
1979 52 House 31 49 69 14 D 62 24 79 41 20
1980 53 House 20 37 53 8 D 52 18 57 47 31
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.