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Alexander Pirnie

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 16, 1903 in Pulaski, NY
Died: June 12, 1982 in Canastota, NY

Education:

  • Cornell University, 1924, Law School, 1926

Military Service:

  • Officers' Reserve Corps
  • World War II
  • Awarded Bronze Star and Legion of Merit

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Alexander Pirnie


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 55 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 70,482 50.8%
1960 57 NY R U.S. House District 34 General 1 98,063 55.3%
1962 59 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 77,875 57.6%
1964 61 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 86,717 53.4%
1966 63 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 94,331 72.3%
1968 65 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 95,793 64.1%
1970 67 NY R U.S. House District 32 General 1 90,884 65.8%


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



Ideology Data for Alexander Pirnie


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
1959 56 House 91 0 81 15 R 76 20 94 22
1960 57 House 89 11 88 10 R 60 40 99 33
1961 58 House 65 17 60 19 D 45 42 80 30 50
1962 59 House 37 50 61 30 D 60 37 93 38 43
1963 60 House 53 40 58 34 D 49 44 92 25 80
1964 61 House 50 17 56 23 D 42 44 80 8 67
1965 62 House 47 27 48 33 D 54 31 81 18 75
1966 63 House 57 22 63 23 D 48 37 83 13 56
1967 64 House 61 31 62 29 D 54 32 84 27 43
1968 65 House 51 43 52 34 D 66 22 88 33 55
1969 66 House 56 36 44 42 R 60 23 87 27 36
1970 67 House 64 30 47 43 R 72 20 88 28 44
1971 68 House 71 4 67 11 R 75 7 78 3 60
1972 69 House 78 11 70 13 R 81 11 79 6 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   56%


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.