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Peter Peyser

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 7, 1921 in Cedarhurst, NY
Died: October 9, 2014 in Irvington, NY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1943-1946

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Irvington, 1963-1971

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Republican to Democrat in April, 1977


Election Results for Peter Peyser


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 48 NY R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 7,261 35.0%
1970 48 NY R U.S. House District 25 General 1 76,611 42.5%
1972 50 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 99,737 50.4%
1974 52 NY R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 8,181 79.2%
1974 52 NY R U.S. House District 23 General 1 80,361 57.6%
1976 54 NY R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 101,629 29.5%
1978 56 NY D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 9,151 60.3%
1978 56 NY D U.S. House District 23 General 1 66,354 51.6%
1980 58 NY D U.S. House District 23 General 1 85,749 56.2%
1982 60 NY D U.S. House District 22 General 2 73,124 42.0%
1984 62 NY D U.S. House District 20 Primary 3 5,865 24.1%


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



Ideology Data for Peter Peyser


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
1971 49 House 56 26 50 37 R 77 16 82 38 47
1972 50 House 37 37 26 51 R 68 14 75 50 57
1973 51 House 40 48 38 51 R 42 43 87 43 41
1974 52 House 41 50 28 60 R 58 40 90 36 42
1975 53 House 27 57 23 60 R 44 42 78 69 24
1976 54 House 17 31 9 37 R 16 41 44 60 9
1979 57 House 15 80 89 9 D 75 21 95 83 8
1980 58 House 12 80 90 6 D 70 19 94 94 5
1981 59 House 19 81 82 10 R 43 54 94 84 0
1982 60 House 10 85 89 4 R 36 53 91 89 10
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.