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Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 17, 1914 in Campobello, New Brunswick
Died: August 17, 1988 in Poughkeepsie, NY (lung cancer)

Education:

  • Harvard University, 1937
  • University of Virginia Law School, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve
  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1946
  • Awarded the Purple Heart Medal and the Silver Star

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • VP of Truman Committee on Civil Rights, 1947-1948
  • U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce, 1963-1965
  • Equal Employment Opportunity Commission chairman, 1965-1966

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for NY Attorney General, 1954

Other notes:

  • Son of Franklin Roosevelt, brother of James Roosevelt


Election Results for Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1949 34 NY Liberal U.S. House District 20 Special 1 40,822 50.7%
1950 35 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 57,432 62.1%
1952 37 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 81,591 60.2%
1966 51 NY Liberal Governor General 4 507,234 8.4%


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



Ideology Data for Franklin Roosevelt, Jr.


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 34 House D 66 100
1950 35 House D 64 100
1951 36 House 85 3 D 68 100
1952 37 House 80 7 D 65 100
1953 38 House 82 13 R 56 72 100
1954 39 House 77 0 R 26 24 46 100


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.