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Edward Patten

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 22, 1905 in Perth Amboy, NJ
Died: December 17, 1994 in Perth Amboy, NJ

Education:

  • Rutgers University Law School, 1927
  • Rutgers University, 1928

Career:

  • School teacher, 1927-1934
  • Lawyer
  • Director of Woodbridge National Bank, 1935-1962
  • Middlesex County clerk, 1940-1954

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Perth Amboy, 1934-1940
  • NJ Secretary of State, 1954-1962


Election Results for Edward Patten


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 56 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 27,864 56.1%
1962 56 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 86,651 56.7%
1964 58 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 18,418 100.0%
1964 58 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 131,393 63.1%
1966 60 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 22,192 100.0%
1966 60 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 81,959 57.0%
1968 62 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 24,803 100.0%
1968 62 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 107,316 54.6%
1970 64 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 24,690 66.1%
1970 64 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 94,772 61.1%
1972 66 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 20,514 100.0%
1972 66 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 98,155 52.3%
1974 68 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 16,698 100.0%
1974 68 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 92,593 71.0%
1976 70 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 32,657 100.0%
1976 70 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 106,170 59.0%
1978 72 NJ D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 20,738 58.8%
1978 72 NJ D U.S. House District 15 General 1 55,944 48.3%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Patten


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
1963 57 House 0 80 89 0 D 89 3 87 92 14
1964 58 House 0 92 90 6 D 92 6 96 92 0
1965 59 House 2 98 95 4 D 96 4 100 89 18
1966 60 House 8 92 94 6 D 91 9 100 82 11
1967 61 House 7 93 97 3 D 92 8 100 80 7
1968 62 House 6 94 94 6 D 93 7 100 83 9
1969 63 House 20 78 85 13 R 66 34 98 73 13
1970 64 House 14 73 78 14 R 69 26 94 76 0
1971 65 House 32 66 80 18 R 49 49 99 70 5
1972 66 House 28 72 78 20 R 57 38 96 81 10
1973 67 House 23 76 83 14 R 32 66 97 84 20
1974 68 House 30 69 80 18 R 57 42 97 70* 10
1975 69 House 28 66 81 15 R 44 52 96 74* 22
1976 70 House 22 76 87 11 R 29 69 97 60 11
1977 71 House 25 72 85 14 D 77 20 97 55 13
1978 72 House 20 75 80 13 D 79 20 92 50 0
1979 73 House 24 73 83 10 D 77 19 93 67 5
1980 74 House 23 67 85 8 D 74 13 90 75 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.