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Peter Rodino

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 7, 1909 in Newark, NJ
Died: May 7, 2005 in West Orange, NJ

Education:

  • University of Newark, 1937
  • New Jersey Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946
  • Awarded the Bronze Star for military operations, War Cross, and Knight of Order of the Crown from Italy

Career:

  • Teacher, 1930-1932
  • Editor of Jersey Review, 1934-1935


Election Results for Peter Rodino


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 37 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 9,121 100.0%
1946 37 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 2 38,889 45.7%
1948 39 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 9,439 100.0%
1948 39 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 58,668 50.7%
1950 41 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 8,719 100.0%
1950 41 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 60,432 61.0%
1952 43 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 12,699 100.0%
1952 43 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 78,612 56.9%
1954 45 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,406 100.0%
1954 45 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 62,384 63.4%
1956 47 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 11,255 100.0%
1956 47 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 71,311 56.1%
1958 49 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,366 100.0%
1958 49 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 60,482 63.9%
1960 51 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 13,249 100.0%
1960 51 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 84,859 65.3%
1962 53 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 13,300 100.0%
1962 53 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 62,616 72.8%
1964 55 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,320 100.0%
1964 55 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 92,488 74.0%
1966 57 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,254 93.3%
1966 57 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 71,699 64.3%
1968 59 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 15,153 100.0%
1968 59 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 89,109 63.8%
1970 61 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,575 100.0%
1970 61 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 71,003 70.0%
1972 63 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 37,650 57.4%
1972 63 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 94,308 79.7%
1974 65 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 19,121 89.1%
1974 65 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 53,094 81.0%
1976 67 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 30,681 100.0%
1976 67 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 88,245 82.6%
1978 69 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 15,074 100.0%
1978 69 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 55,074 86.4%
1980 71 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 26,943 62.2%
1980 71 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 76,154 85.3%
1982 73 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 28,587 85.1%
1982 73 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 76,684 82.6%
1984 75 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 42,109 76.3%
1984 75 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 111,244 83.7%
1986 77 NJ D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,138 59.5%
1986 77 NJ D U.S. House District 10 General 1 46,666 95.9%


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



Ideology Data for Peter Rodino


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
1949 40 House 92 5 D 96 100
1950 41 House 88 11 D 94 93
1951 42 House 93 4 D 93 100
1952 43 House 95 2 D 93 100
1953 44 House 58 37 R 70 93 91
1954 45 House 87 13 R 61 37 96 89
1955 46 House 100 0 R 68 29 97 100
1956 47 House 88 13 R 62 35 97 100
1957 48 House 76 20 R 73 25 96 100
1958 49 House 73 24 R 84 16 99 92
1959 50 House 0 100 77 15 R 48 44 92 100
1960 51 House 11 84 71 27 R 63 35 96 100
1961 52 House 0 87 83 7 D 88 5 91 100 0
1962 53 House 0 100 96 0 D 97 3 98 100 0
1963 54 House 7 87 81 2 D 77 4 81 92 6
1964 55 House 0 92 85 0 D 90 2 85 92 0
1965 56 House 0 98 96 1 D 91 3 93 89 6
1966 57 House 3 92 86 4 D 84 6 87 88 12
1967 58 House 6 80 88 4 D 83 8 89 80 0
1968 59 House 6 92 93 6 D 83 14 97 75 9
1969 60 House 7 84 87 7 R 49 38 91 80 20
1970 61 House 9 86 82 15 R 69 29 94 83 6
1971 62 House 4 81 80 7 R 33 51 88 91 0
1972 63 House 5 88 83 8 R 54 46 88 93 0
1973 64 House 5 92 90 8 R 28 70 96 96 4
1974 65 House 6 85 87 8 R 36 60 94 91* 5
1975 66 House 7 81 85 3 R 35 54 89 84* 3
1976 67 House 6 87 86 3 R 18 73 88 89 6
1977 68 House 4 91 90 7 D 77 20 95 94 3
1978 69 House 2 33 34 3 D 31 7 36 90 7
1979 70 House 6 66 71 4 D 66 10 68 94 3
1980 71 House 0 65 59 5 D 51 20 61 100 14
1981 72 House 5 95 92 6 R 30 68 97 100 8
1982 73 House 11 88 92 5 R 26 71 94 100 0
1983 74 House 6 79 86 2 R 16 65 86 95 0
1984 75 House 8 78 79 3 R 27 59 85 90 10
1985 76 House 5 87 80 3 R 16 69 86 100 6
1986 77 House 10 88 84 2 R 16 72 87 100 0
1987 78 House 2 93 90 2 R 11 85 92 100 0
1988 79 House 3 87 88 1 R 18 73 91 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.