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Tip O'Neill

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 9, 1912 in Cambridge, MA
Died: January 5, 1994 in Boston, MA

Education:

  • Boston College, 1936

Career:

  • Insurance agent
  • Realtor

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1936-1952 (Speaker, 1949-1952)
  • Cambridge school board, 1946-1947


Election Results for Tip O'Neill


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 39 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 27,954 45.7%
1952 39 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 86,532 69.3%
1954 41 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,148 63.5%
1954 41 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 75,613 78.2%
1956 43 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 40,967 100.0%
1956 43 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 83,532 75.3%
1958 45 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 36,398 100.0%
1958 45 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 68,353 80.4%
1960 47 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 36,946 100.0%
1960 47 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 87,866 100.0%
1962 49 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 63,574 100.0%
1962 49 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,814 73.0%
1964 51 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 60,285 100.0%
1964 51 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 122,050 100.0%
1966 53 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,476 72.5%
1966 53 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 102,104 100.0%
1968 55 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,231 100.0%
1968 55 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 107,645 100.0%
1970 57 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 46,473 100.0%
1970 57 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,875 100.0%
1972 59 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,111 100.0%
1972 59 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 142,470 88.7%
1974 61 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 59,996 100.0%
1974 61 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 107,042 87.9%
1976 63 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 51,406 69.7%
1976 63 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 133,131 74.4%
1978 65 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 61,621 99.9%
1978 65 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 102,160 74.6%
1980 67 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 41,782 99.9%
1980 67 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 128,689 78.4%
1982 69 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 87,901 78.4%
1982 69 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 123,296 74.9%
1984 71 MA D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 65,041 81.2%
1984 71 MA D U.S. House District 08 General 1 179,617 91.8%


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



Ideology Data for Tip O'Neill


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
1953 40 House 76 21 R 69 86 82
1954 41 House 80 7 R 50 34 86 78
1955 42 House 74 19 R 71 27 92 70
1956 43 House 72 25 R 56 35 89 100
1957 44 House 80 10 R 60 28 88 89
1958 45 House 68 19 R 54 28 85 83
1959 46 House 0 100 83 10 R 44 44 90 89
1960 47 House 5 79 67 14 R 51 42 84 100
1961 48 House 9 78 83 7 D 85 5 83 100 0
1962 49 House 12 88 89 4 D 88 7 90 75 7
1963 50 House 7 60 91 0 D 83 4 86 91 7
1964 51 House 8 92 89 2 D 90 4 93 92 6
1965 52 House 4 86 84 5 D 80 5 86 83 6
1966 53 House 3 65 70 4 D 64 3 69 94 4
1967 54 House 4 83 82 4 D 72 6 78 87 8
1968 55 House 4 88 84 1 D 79 6 79 83 9
1969 56 House 13 84 84 7 R 53 36 90 93 15
1970 57 House 7 73 79 11 R 66 28 87 82 11
1971 58 House 20 74 85 7 R 46 51 91 81 10
1972 59 House 9 80 81 7 R 49 38 87 87 0
1973 60 House 21 74 86 8 R 31 62 89 76 17
1974 61 House 16 73 79 8 R 51 42 89 75 5
1975 62 House 15 76 84 6 R 40 56 90 78 8
1976 63 House 15 69 82 5 R 33 59 86 70 3
1977 64 House 1 0 D 1 0 0 0 0
1978 65 House 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0
1979 66 House 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0
1980 67 House 0 0 0 0 D 0 0 0 0 0
1981 68 House 4 0 R 0 5 2 100 0
1982 69 House 2 0 R 0 3 1 100 0
1983 70 House 1 0 R 0 4 1 100 0
1984 71 House 1 0 R 0 2 1 100 0
1985 72 House 0 0 0 0 R 0 0 0 0 0
1986 73 House 2 0 R 0 4 1 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.