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Donald O'Toole

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 1, 1902 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: September 12, 1964 in Ocala, FL

Education:

  • Fordham University Law School, 1925

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • NY Department of Commerce and Industry, 1955-1959

Elected Office:

  • New York City alderman, 1934-1936


Election Results for Donald O'Toole


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 33 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 217,568 72.2%
1938 35 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 134,461 54.1%
1940 37 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 217,599 56.8%
1942 39 NY D U.S. House District 08 General 1 158,685 72.8%
1944 41 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 81,640 60.3%
1946 43 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 51,406 53.5%
1948 45 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 66,111 52.8%
1950 47 NY D U.S. House District 13 General 1 54,919 56.9%
1952 49 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 2 65,650 45.6%
1954 51 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 2 46,926 48.7%
1956 53 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 7,546 73.5%
1956 53 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 2 56,035 42.4%


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



Ideology Data for Donald O'Toole


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
1937 34 House 83 7 D 90
1938 35 House 74 10 D 84
1939 36 House 78 6 D 65
1940 37 House 77 6 D 71
1941 38 House 70 9 D 69
1942 39 House 40 15 D 64
1943 40 House 42 13 D 44
1944 41 House 87 3 D 72
1945 42 House 70 2 D 56
1946 43 House 77 7 D 70
1947 44 House 66 26 D 81 83
1948 45 House 61 6 D 61 90
1949 46 House 79 11 D 85 100
1950 47 House 78 19 D 94 87
1951 48 House 91 4 D 86 100
1952 49 House 86 7 D 78 100


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.