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Leverett Saltonstall

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 1, 1892 in Chestnut Hill, MA
Died: June 17, 1979 in Dover, MA

Education:

  • Harvard University, 1914, Law School, 1917

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Middlesex County district attorney, 1921-1922

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1923-1936 (Speaker, 1929-1936)
  • Candidate for MA Lt. Governor, 1936


Election Results for Leverett Saltonstall


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 45 MA R Governor Primary 1 323,003 72.7%
1938 45 MA R Governor General 1 941,465 53.3%
1940 47 MA R Governor Primary 1 304,689 100.0%
1940 47 MA R Governor General 1 999,223 49.7%
1942 49 MA R Governor Primary 1 197,939 100.0%
1942 49 MA R Governor General 1 758,402 54.1%
1944 51 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 189,825 100.0%
1944 51 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 1,228,754 64.3%
1948 55 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,088,475 52.9%
1954 61 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 175,493 100.0%
1954 61 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 956,605 50.5%
1960 67 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 215,448 100.0%
1960 67 MA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,358,556 56.2%


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



Ideology Data for Leverett Saltonstall


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
1945 52 Senate 43 41 D 79
1946 53 Senate 29 14 D 54
1947 54 Senate 76 16 D 94 40
1948 55 Senate 78 20 D 99 44
1949 56 Senate 55 41 D 96 29
1950 57 Senate 63 29 D 82 33
1951 58 Senate 55 35 D 85 50
1952 59 Senate 63 24 D 86 50
1953 60 Senate 73 17 R 94 92 43
1954 61 Senate 90 7 R 81 13 92 23
1955 62 Senate 85 12 R 90 2 92 20
1956 63 Senate 88 4 R 89 8 94 29
1957 64 Senate 84 13 R 88 9 93 42
1958 65 Senate 69 16 R 70 13 86 25
1959 66 Senate 82 12 78 18 R 80 12 90 8
1960 67 Senate 76 20 64 17 R 73 12 83 25
1961 68 Senate 63 15 64 19 D 30 53 82 20 69
1962 69 Senate 65 26 57 24 D 50 34 76 25 60
1963 70 Senate 49 21 60 22 D 59 26 81 40 71
1964 71 Senate 53 29 56 29 D 45 27 91 53 50
1965 72 Senate 64 21 57 25 D 61 22 85 35 38
1966 73 Senate 50 19 53 19 D 52 22 80 10 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   61%


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.