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Alfred Sieminski

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 23, 1911 in Jersey City, NJ
Died: December 13, 1990 in Vienna, VA

Education:

  • Princeton University, 1934
  • Attended Harvard University Law School, 1935-1936

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945, 1950
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1950-1956

Career:

  • Comptroller & VP of Brunswick Laundry
  • Veterans Administration librarian, 1962-1973


Election Results for Alfred Sieminski


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 38 NJ D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 34,062 50.1%
1950 38 NJ D U.S. House District 13 General 1 55,008 51.9%
1952 40 NJ D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 34,253 100.0%
1952 40 NJ D U.S. House District 13 General 1 72,987 55.1%
1954 42 NJ D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 31,069 89.8%
1954 42 NJ D U.S. House District 13 General 1 60,108 60.8%
1956 44 NJ D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 24,096 100.0%
1956 44 NJ D U.S. House District 13 General 1 54,841 45.0%
1958 46 NJ D U.S. House District 13 Primary 3 8,558 13.8%


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



Ideology Data for Alfred Sieminski


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
1951 39 House 87 3 D 83 100
1952 40 House 95 0 D 89 92
1953 41 House 63 34 R 70 89 91
1954 42 House 80 20 R 50 39 86 89
1955 43 House 58 16 R 49 34 86 70
1956 44 House 69 16 R 53 32 82 100
1957 45 House 54 2 R 42 18 69 86
1958 46 House 46 0 R 30 8 48 100


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.