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Otis Pike

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 31, 1921 in Riverhead, NY
Died: January 20, 2014 in Vero Beach, FL

Education:

  • Princeton University, 1946
  • Columbia University Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1946
  • Awarded five air medals

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Riverhead town board/justice of the peace, 1954-1960


Election Results for Otis Pike


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 36 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 2 115,019 42.5%
1960 38 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 187,286 50.4%
1962 40 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 85,619 61.7%
1964 42 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 126,529 64.9%
1966 44 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 101,963 58.9%
1968 46 NY D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 8,591 73.4%
1968 46 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,913 53.9%
1970 48 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,746 52.2%
1972 50 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,628 52.5%
1974 52 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 101,130 65.0%
1976 54 NY D U.S. House District 01 General 1 135,528 65.3%


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



Ideology Data for Otis Pike


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
1961 39 House 35 65 64 36 D 83 17 100 90 20
1962 40 House 19 81 72 28 D 83 17 98 88 33
1963 41 House 20 80 74 24 D 77 21 98 75 19
1964 42 House 25 75 77 21 D 87 12 97 77 31
1965 43 House 33 59 63 30 D 75 21 96 47 44
1966 44 House 35 59 73 24 D 74 22 97 29 37
1967 45 House 30 63 71 22 D 77 20 95 57 21
1968 46 House 37 61 62 32 D 69 27 97 55 32
1969 47 House 22 76 69 29 R 57 43 98 67 7
1970 48 House 27 70 60 36 R 66 31 95 83 33
1971 49 House 38 62 65 34 R 54 46 98 59 50
1972 50 House 37 60 65 34 R 49 51 98 67 50
1973 51 House 36 64 71 28 R 42 57 98 68 32
1974 52 House 27 73 73 27 R 45 55 99 74* 5
1975 53 House 25 73 79 19 R 39 61 98 84* 14
1976 54 House 38 61 78 22 R 25 75 99 75 11
1977 55 House 45 52 65 32 D 67 27 96 50 30
1978 56 House 46 49 53 39 D 63 29 89 39 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.