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Robert Roe

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 28, 1924 in Wayne, NJ
Died: July 15, 2014 in Green Pond, NJ

Education:

  • Attended Oregon State University and Washington State University

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II

Career:

  • Wayne township committee, 1955-1956
  • NJ Conservation Commissioner, 1963-1969

Elected Office:

  • Wayne township committee, 1955-1956
  • Mayor of Wayne Township, 1956-1961


Election Results for Robert Roe


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1969 45 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Special 1 67,188 49.2%
1970 46 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 8,930 100.0%
1970 46 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,056 61.0%
1972 48 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 11,979 100.0%
1972 48 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 104,381 63.1%
1974 50 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 9,043 92.3%
1974 50 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 83,724 73.9%
1976 52 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 15,149 87.8%
1976 52 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 108,841 70.6%
1977 53 NJ D Governor Primary 2 134,116 23.2%
1978 54 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 10,688 100.0%
1978 54 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 69,496 74.5%
1980 56 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 14,662 100.0%
1980 56 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 95,493 67.2%
1981 57 NJ D Governor Primary 2 98,660 15.6%
1982 58 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 18,202 100.0%
1982 58 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,980 70.7%
1984 60 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 30,252 88.9%
1984 60 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 118,793 62.7%
1986 62 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 13,782 95.8%
1986 62 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 57,820 62.8%
1988 64 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 19,173 100.0%
1988 64 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 96,036 100.0%
1990 66 NJ D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 11,559 79.6%
1990 66 NJ D U.S. House District 08 General 1 55,797 76.9%


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



Ideology Data for Robert Roe


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
1969 45 House 19 81 86 14 R 47 53 100 75 43
1970 46 House 20 59 71 21 R 57 32 85 82 13
1971 47 House 27 69 73 20 R 44 51 93 79 37
1972 48 House 27 72 83 13 R 54 43 98 63 10
1973 49 House 15 74 80 11 R 31 64 91 77 24
1974 50 House 22 69 78 15 R 40 55 93 65* 10
1975 51 House 25 72 80 16 R 33 67 95 79* 22
1976 52 House 28 69 83 13 R 29 71 95 75 18
1977 53 House 14 45 51 11 D 42 18 97 70 15
1978 54 House 30 66 74 22 D 63 31 95 35 21
1979 55 House 34 60 81 16 D 68 26 93 61 13
1980 56 House 32 59 81 12 D 66 23 92 67 17
1981 57 House 36 51 70 16 R 39 39 83 67 9
1982 58 House 33 66 83 12 R 35 60 94 75 23
1983 59 House 26 71 87 9 R 24 72 96 80 14
1984 60 House 29 61 86 8 R 34 59 96 74 5
1985 61 House 24 73 89 6 R 18 76 94 79 11
1986 62 House 28 68 89 6 R 22 77 95 79 10
1987 63 House 49 44 83 5 R 22 74 89 80 9
1988 64 House 50 47 84 8 R 29 66 94 75 13
1989 65 House 44 44 77 11 R 35 48 87 65 25
1990 66 House 41 50 86 9 R 27 71 98 75 18
1991 67 House 30 65 83 9 R 37 59 95 74 10
1992 68 House 38 40 77 9 R 30 61 86 82 14
Lifetime conservative rating:   16%


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.