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Henry Smith

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 29, 1911 in North Tonawanda, NY
Died: October 1, 1995 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, 1933
  • Cornell University Law School, 1936

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Niagara County judge, 1964

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of North Tonawanda, 1961-1963


Election Results for Henry Smith


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 52 NY R U.S. House District 40 Primary 1 19,830 50.4%
1964 52 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 90,745 51.5%
1966 54 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 85,801 61.2%
1968 56 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 106,984 64.8%
1970 58 NY R U.S. House District 40 General 1 87,183 63.4%
1972 60 NY R U.S. House District 36 General 1 110,238 57.3%


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



Ideology Data for Henry Smith


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
1965 53 House 65 33 64 28 D 55 38 89 13 81
1966 54 House 51 30 59 23 D 41 34 77 7 62
1967 55 House 59 31 64 21 D 51 35 82 14 69
1968 56 House 49 43 60 35 D 63 27 91 25 68
1969 57 House 51 40 45 45 R 62 23 88 23 33
1970 58 House 64 27 63 32 R 88 8 91 28 67
1971 59 House 60 27 62 25 R 84 9 84 33 50
1972 60 House 65 22 69 20 R 73 14 88 27 40
1973 61 House 59 33 57 33 R 68 26 90 28 64
1974 62 House 58 35 56 41 R 70 19 92 36 55
Lifetime conservative rating:   60%


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.