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Paul Sarbanes

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 3, 1933 in Salisbury, MD
Died: December 6, 2020 in Baltimore, MD

Education:

  • Princeton University, B.A., 1954
  • Rhodes Scholar, Oxford University, 1954-1957
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1960

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1960-1961
  • Assistant to President's Council of Economic Advisors, 1962-1963

Elected Office:

  • MD House, 1967-1971


Election Results for Paul Sarbanes


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 37 MD D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 22,863 50.9%
1970 37 MD D U.S. House District 04 General 1 54,936 70.0%
1972 39 MD D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 43,558 53.8%
1972 39 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 93,093 69.7%
1974 41 MD D U.S. House District 03 General 1 93,218 83.8%
1976 43 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 302,983 55.3%
1976 43 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 772,101 56.5%
1982 49 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 432,931 81.1%
1982 49 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 707,356 63.5%
1988 55 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 309,919 85.8%
1988 55 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 999,166 61.8%
1994 61 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 382,115 78.9%
1994 61 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 809,125 59.1%
2000 67 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 384,748 83.2%
2000 67 MD D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,230,013 63.2%


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



Ideology Data for Paul Sarbanes


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
1971 38 House 6 86 81 11 R 28 67 89 91 35
1972 39 House 13 84 85 11 R 54 43 90 88 10
1973 40 House 3 97 94 6 R 28 72 100 92 4
1974 41 House 12 86 89 9 R 45 55 99 91 19
1975 42 House 6 92 92 7 R 37 60 98 100 6
1976 43 House 5 74 76 3 R 18 71 73 94 4
1977 44 Senate 4 94 92 6 D 82 17 97 90 5
1978 45 Senate 6 91 94 5 D 87 12 95 90 4
1979 46 Senate 8 91 88 10 D 85 12 97 83 6
1980 47 Senate 4 92 87 11 D 73 25 98 83 0
1981 48 Senate 7 93 93 6 R 38 61 98 95 0
1982 49 Senate 2 78 91 3 R 25 65 91 94 24
1983 50 Senate 11 84 88 9 R 41 58 97 95 0
1984 51 Senate 0 98 94 2 R 30 64 91 100 0
1985 52 Senate 8 87 90 5 R 22 74 97 100 0
1986 53 Senate 3 95 96 3 R 18 81 98 100 0
1987 54 Senate 6 94 95 4 R 31 67 99 100 0
1988 55 Senate 8 92 96 4 R 40 59 99 90 4
1989 56 Senate 11 87 95 4 R 45 53 99 85 8
1990 57 Senate 11 89 93 7 R 31 69 100 83 4
1991 58 Senate 13 88 96 4 R 30 70 100 100 0
1992 59 Senate 11 89 96 4 R 27 73 100 100 0
1993 60 Senate 12 88 97 2 D 96 4 99 95 0
1994 61 Senate 13 88 98 2 D 95 5 100 95 0
1995 62 Senate 9 89 95 4 D 90 10 99 100 0
1996 63 Senate 18 82 94 6 D 90 10 100 95 0
1997 64 Senate 12 88 97 2 D 87 13 99 100 0
1998 65 Senate 25 75 99 1 D 92 8 99 95 4
1999 66 Senate 97 3 98 2 D 86 14 99 100 4
2000 67 Senate 99 1 99 1 D 95 5 100 95 12
2001 68 Senate 99 1 R 61 38 99 95 8
2002 69 Senate 98 2 R 65 33 99 100 0
2003 70 Senate 97 1 R 45 52 98 100 10
2004 71 Senate 98 0 R 63 34 97 100 0
2005 72 Senate 99 1 R 33 67 99 100 0
2006 73 Senate 95 4 R 53 44 98 100 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.