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Howard Robison

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 30, 1915 in Owego, NY
Died: September 26, 1987 in Rehoboth Beach, DE

Education:

  • Cornell University, 1937, Law School, 1939

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Tioga County attorney, 1946-1958
  • VP of American Railroad Association, 1975-1987


Election Results for Howard Robison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 42 NY R U.S. House District 37 Special 1 45,920 59.8%
1958 42 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 101,279 65.8%
1960 44 NY R U.S. House District 37 General 1 123,782 63.4%
1962 46 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 92,460 66.8%
1964 48 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 97,213 58.4%
1966 50 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 88,378 65.7%
1968 52 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 110,080 68.5%
1970 54 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 90,196 66.5%
1972 56 NY R U.S. House District 27 General 1 114,902 62.2%


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



Ideology Data for Howard Robison


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
1958 42 House 86 14 R 63 31 95 25
1959 43 House 82 9 94 4 R 80 19 98 22
1960 44 House 95 5 90 10 R 72 28 99 22
1961 45 House 91 4 83 9 D 43 51 92 10 73
1962 46 House 50 50 61 30 D 62 37 89 50 57
1963 47 House 60 33 79 19 D 37 56 92 33 80
1964 48 House 67 33 65 24 D 42 42 84 27 75
1965 49 House 65 31 68 26 D 47 46 90 5 94
1966 50 House 46 22 58 15 D 46 37 78 6 60
1967 51 House 59 35 67 27 D 62 35 93 20 57
1968 52 House 55 41 56 34 D 65 25 85 33 61
1969 53 House 42 56 55 40 R 72 26 95 47 33
1970 54 House 36 41 57 28 R 63 12 84 78 47
1971 55 House 48 46 60 36 R 65 32 89 46 30
1972 56 House 56 40 65 31 R 70 22 91 53 22
1973 57 House 57 39 63 33 R 66 29 93 44 50
1974 58 House 42 46 42 41 R 70 23 84 67 20
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.