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John Pastore

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 17, 1907 in Providence, RI
Died: July 15, 2000 in Cranston, RI

Education:

  • Northeastern University Law School, 1931

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant RI Attorney General, 1937-1938, 1940-1944

Elected Office:

  • RI House, 1935-1937
  • RI Lt. Governor, 1944-1945


Election Results for John Pastore


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 39 RI D Governor General 1 148,885 54.1%
1948 41 RI D Governor General 1 198,056 61.2%
1950 43 RI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 184,520 61.6%
1952 45 RI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 225,128 54.8%
1958 51 RI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 222,166 64.5%
1964 57 RI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 319,607 82.7%
1970 63 RI D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 54,090 88.1%
1970 63 RI D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 230,469 67.5%


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



Ideology Data for John Pastore


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
1951 44 Senate 76 15 D 91 100
1952 45 Senate 88 6 D 91 100
1953 46 Senate 73 19 R 60 84 85
1954 47 Senate 62 33 R 58 36 92 100
1955 48 Senate 69 19 R 69 25 94 56
1956 49 Senate 58 30 R 55 34 92 93
1957 50 Senate 61 29 R 67 32 93 83
1958 51 Senate 75 17 R 51 44 95 100
1959 52 Senate 22 72 71 23 R 44 49 93 92
1960 53 Senate 11 80 71 24 R 55 36 90 100
1961 54 Senate 9 91 87 11 D 83 14 98 100 21
1962 55 Senate 18 74 84 2 D 78 10 83 83 13
1963 56 Senate 7 74 80 9 D 78 4 84 88 7
1964 57 Senate 10 80 78 16 D 75 12 91 89 25
1965 58 Senate 10 82 81 8 D 78 10 88 94 0
1966 59 Senate 16 83 75 14 D 78 13 89 80 15
1967 60 Senate 11 77 72 17 D 70 15 85 62 29
1968 61 Senate 17 56 48 16 D 53 13 67 79 17
1969 62 Senate 25 57 66 19 R 57 36 89 89 29
1970 63 Senate 19 65 71 14 R 48 37 82 75 9
1971 64 Senate 32 51 70 19 R 43 48 89 73 15
1972 65 Senate 18 72 74 14 R 43 52 90 75 8
1973 66 Senate 19 76 83 10 R 43 52 92 80 16
1974 67 Senate 17 73 75 17 R 42 50 93 76* 0
1975 68 Senate 17 77 83 10 R 49 46 90 67 11
1976 69 Senate 23 53 61 13 R 40 40 78 70 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   14%


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.