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Philip Philbin

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 29, 1898 in Clinton, MA
Died: June 14, 1972 in Bolton, MA

Education:

  • Harvard University, 1920
  • Columbia University Law School, 1924

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Businessman
  • Secretary to Sen. David Walsh, 1921-1940
  • Counsel to Senate committee, 1934-1936
  • U.S. Department of Labor, 1936-1937
  • MA Unemployment Compensation Commission, 1937-1940


Election Results for Philip Philbin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 44 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 4,040 34.7%
1942 44 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 46,412 50.4%
1944 46 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 7,806 62.8%
1944 46 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 78,848 61.5%
1946 48 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 6,585 79.6%
1946 48 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 69,038 62.2%
1948 50 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 104,601 73.9%
1950 52 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 15,584 71.6%
1950 52 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 93,591 71.5%
1952 54 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 14,167 100.0%
1952 54 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 108,743 67.3%
1954 56 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,560 100.0%
1954 56 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 110,013 100.0%
1956 58 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,692 100.0%
1956 58 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,848 70.9%
1958 60 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,426 100.0%
1958 60 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 114,483 100.0%
1960 62 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,664 100.0%
1960 62 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 145,287 100.0%
1962 64 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 43,532 100.0%
1962 64 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 129,326 72.4%
1964 66 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,749 100.0%
1964 66 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 177,917 100.0%
1966 68 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,693 100.0%
1966 68 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 126,664 71.0%
1968 70 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,139 48.9%
1968 70 MA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 91,587 47.8%
1970 72 MA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 22,133 35.6%
1970 72 MA I U.S. House District 03 General 3 45,278 26.7%


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



Ideology Data for Philip Philbin


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
1943 45 House 29 46 D 73
1944 46 House 63 17 D 66
1945 47 House 40 34 D 70
1946 48 House 52 28 D 68
1947 49 House 66 32 D 74 75
1948 50 House 64 22 D 85 70
1949 51 House 62 24 D 86 67
1950 52 House 71 19 D 81 80
1951 53 House 70 16 D 83 75
1952 54 House 70 16 D 83 62
1953 55 House 55 37 R 75 65 56
1954 56 House 60 13 R 34 47 78 89
1955 57 House 61 35 R 49 46 91 60
1956 58 House 66 34 R 65 29 93 100
1957 59 House 76 7 R 65 28 84 88
1958 60 House 73 24 R 56 42 96 75
1959 61 House 0 91 75 12 R 44 44 86 89
1960 62 House 5 79 67 20 R 42 51 88 100
1961 63 House 13 87 86 14 D 88 9 94 100 7
1962 64 House 19 81 82 9 D 85 12 87 88 8
1963 65 House 7 73 77 0 D 82 4 81 92 8
1964 66 House 8 92 89 2 D 85 4 88 100 6
1965 67 House 0 94 88 4 D 88 4 90 78 6
1966 68 House 5 92 93 3 D 88 6 90 88 8
1967 69 House 6 83 80 6 D 80 7 84 80 7
1968 70 House 8 80 77 7 D 79 8 82 75 13
1969 71 House 33 60 85 9 R 60 36 94 47 43
1970 72 House 20 73 86 7 R 65 28 87 56 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.