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Major Owens

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1936 in Collierville, TN
Died: October 21, 2013 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Morehouse College, B.A., 1956
  • Atlanta University, M.L.S., 1957

Career:

  • Librarian, 1958-1965
  • NY Community Development Agency, 1968-1973
  • Library director, Columbia University, 1973-1975

Elected Office:

  • Brownsville community council, 1966-1968
  • NY Senate, 1974-1982


Election Results for Major Owens


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 46 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 18,403 54.2%
1982 46 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 44,586 90.5%
1984 48 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 18,011 67.5%
1984 48 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 82,047 90.5%
1986 50 NY D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 14,892 78.1%
1986 50 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 42,138 91.5%
1988 52 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 74,304 93.0%
1990 54 NY D U.S. House District 12 General 1 40,570 94.9%
1992 56 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 80,028 93.6%
1994 58 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 61,945 88.9%
1996 60 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 89,905 92.0%
1998 62 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 75,773 90.0%
2000 64 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 25,962 54.4%
2000 64 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 112,050 87.0%
2002 66 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 76,917 86.6%
2004 68 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 14,718 45.4%
2004 68 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 144,999 94.0%


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



Ideology Data for Major Owens


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
1983 47 House 6 78 79 2 R 12 77 80 94 0
1984 48 House 3 93 90 4 R 18 78 92 95 5
1985 49 House 4 82 86 1 R 16 76 87 95 0
1986 50 House 6 90 89 2 R 11 83 91 100 0
1987 51 House 7 88 88 3 R 9 85 91 100 0
1988 52 House 3 79 79 3 R 13 73 85 100 0
1989 53 House 2 93 91 1 R 21 70 90 100 4
1990 54 House 2 93 86 3 R 12 80 88 100 4
1991 55 House 0 97 87 3 R 21 77 91 100 0
1992 56 House 6 92 89 4 R 11 85 93 94 0
1993 57 House 2 93 92 2 D 73 25 93 100 0
1994 58 House 3 72 79 2 D 63 23 81 100 0
1995 59 House 3 93 93 2 D 82 13 94 100 8
1996 60 House 2 94 95 2 D 77 19 95 100 0
1997 61 House 9 91 93 3 D 75 24 93 100 8
1998 62 House 5 88 95 3 D 83 11 94 100 0
1999 63 House 97 2 D 80 17 95 100 0
2000 64 House 84 2 D 78 14 82 100 0
2001 65 House 94 1 R 16 81 92 100 5
2002 66 House 96 2 R 18 79 93 95 4
2003 67 House 90 2 R 11 82 92 100 8
2004 68 House 93 1 R 18 79 92 100 0
2005 69 House 96 2 R 11 89 97 100 0
2006 70 House 95 1 R 13 84 94 100 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   2%


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.