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Frank Osmers

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 30, 1907 in Leonia, NJ
Died: May 21, 1977 in Tenafly, NJ

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946
  • Officers' Reserve Corps

Career:

  • Jewelry businessman

Elected Office:

  • Haworth borough council, 1930-1936 (Mayor, 1935-1936)
  • NJ Assembly, 1935-1937


Election Results for Frank Osmers


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 30 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 12,623 49.9%
1938 30 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 64,903 59.3%
1940 32 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 21,297 100.0%
1940 32 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 91,352 62.7%
1942 34 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 14,357 51.0%
1951 43 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Special 1 67,792 62.6%
1952 44 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 27,873 87.4%
1952 44 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 125,402 66.2%
1954 46 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 22,332 81.4%
1954 46 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 87,008 60.2%
1956 48 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 24,124 100.0%
1956 48 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 135,498 67.8%
1958 50 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 21,698 100.0%
1958 50 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 92,513 57.4%
1960 52 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 22,786 100.0%
1960 52 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 127,088 58.1%
1962 54 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 13,148 100.0%
1962 54 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 1 89,345 56.9%
1964 56 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 16,220 100.0%
1964 56 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 2 109,313 49.0%
1966 58 NJ R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 10,474 100.0%
1966 58 NJ R U.S. House District 09 General 2 71,756 49.1%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Osmers


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
1939 31 House 72 4 D 52
1940 32 House 76 7 D 65
1941 33 House 85 2 D 59
1942 34 House 5 5 D 11
1952 44 House 64 30 D 86 58
1953 45 House 82 11 R 97 87 50
1954 46 House 87 7 R 68 21 88 22
1955 47 House 74 16 R 54 37 86 30
1956 48 House 78 9 R 56 21 79 71
1957 49 House 59 39 R 77 20 95 89
1958 50 House 41 57 R 72 18 91 58
1959 51 House 73 27 79 15 R 81 9 88 44
1960 52 House 84 16 78 20 R 70 30 97 44
1961 53 House 35 43 62 19 D 42 45 78 50 44
1962 54 House 37 63 53 44 D 67 28 90 63 43
1963 55 House 33 20 45 33 D 42 31 72 50 71
1964 56 House 25 67 42 42 D 67 23 81 54 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   53%


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.