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Henry Nowak

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1935 in Buffalo, NY

Education:

  • Canisius College, B.A., 1957
  • University of Buffalo, J.D., 1961

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1957-1958, 1961-1962

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Erie County district attorney, 1964
  • Erie County comptroller, 1966-1974


Election Results for Henry Nowak


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1974 39 NY D U.S. House District 37 General 1 84,064 75.0%
1976 41 NY D U.S. House District 37 Primary 1 19,065 76.2%
1976 41 NY D U.S. House District 37 General 1 100,042 78.2%
1978 43 NY D U.S. House District 37 General 1 70,911 78.6%
1980 45 NY D U.S. House District 37 General 1 94,890 83.0%
1982 47 NY D U.S. House District 33 General 1 126,091 84.1%
1984 49 NY D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 28,836 85.4%
1984 49 NY D U.S. House District 33 General 1 155,198 77.6%
1986 51 NY D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 34,611 88.6%
1986 51 NY D U.S. House District 33 General 1 109,256 85.1%
1988 53 NY D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 39,860 91.5%
1988 53 NY D U.S. House District 33 General 1 139,604 100.0%
1990 55 NY D U.S. House District 33 Primary 1 28,117 86.8%
1990 55 NY D U.S. House District 33 General 1 84,905 77.5%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Nowak


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
1975 40 House 19 80 89 10 R 36 64 98 89 8
1976 41 House 20 78 87 11 R 27 71 96 89 12
1977 42 House 18 81 85 12 D 71 27 96 70 8
1978 43 House 19 80 81 19 D 78 21 97 70 13
1979 44 House 22 76 87 12 D 73 26 97 79 13
1980 45 House 14 81 88 8 D 71 24 94 78 12
1981 46 House 17 77 87 10 R 38 61 97 79 0
1982 47 House 14 86 90 8 R 34 65 95 100 5
1983 48 House 12 85 91 6 R 23 74 96 85 14
1984 49 House 19 76 88 7 R 32 64 95 85 18
1985 50 House 11 89 89 4 R 23 76 96 80 11
1986 51 House 16 82 92 5 R 18 82 98 95 5
1987 52 House 30 67 89 5 R 19 78 94 79 4
1988 53 House 16 74 93 4 R 25 70 97 95 12
1989 54 House 34 66 85 12 R 37 60 97 80 15
1990 55 House 31 67 90 7 R 17 82 97 89 4
1991 56 House 22 78 89 8 R 32 67 98 85 10
1992 57 House 29 69 86 8 R 27 71 94 85 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.