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Gerald Solomon

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 14, 1930 in Okeechobee, FL
Died: October 26, 2001 in Glens Falls, NY

Education:

  • Attended Siena College, 1949-1950 and St. Lawrence University, 1953-1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1951-1952

Career:

  • Insurance businessman, 1964-1978

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1973-1978
  • Queensbury town supervisor, 1966-1977


Election Results for Gerald Solomon


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 47 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 99,518 54.0%
1980 49 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 141,631 66.7%
1982 51 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 140,296 73.9%
1984 53 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 164,019 73.2%
1986 55 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 117,285 70.4%
1988 57 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 162,962 72.4%
1990 59 NY R U.S. House District 24 General 1 121,206 68.1%
1992 61 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 164,436 65.4%
1994 63 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 157,717 73.4%
1996 65 NY R U.S. House District 22 General 1 144,125 60.5%


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



Ideology Data for Gerald Solomon


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
1979 48 House 92 5 91 6 D 21 76 97 0 92
1980 49 House 84 11 84 8 D 40 53 93 11 82
1981 50 House 93 4 92 5 R 70 24 97 5 100
1982 51 House 78 10 85 9 R 60 26 92 6 86
1983 52 House 94 4 92 5 R 76 21 94 5 95
1984 53 House 83 14 85 10 R 64 34 96 5 78
1985 54 House 82 13 86 5 R 70 20 91 16 82
1986 55 House 92 4 84 10 R 79 16 93 0 81
1987 56 House 88 7 92 5 R 69 29 97 4 91
1988 57 House 95 5 90 9 R 65 32 97 15 88
1989 58 House 90 10 86 13 R 67 33 99 15 79
1990 59 House 87 13 84 13 R 67 32 97 24 83
1991 60 House 95 3 89 8 R 71 25 97 16 90
1992 61 House 83 13 88 9 R 70 26 97 15 96
1993 62 House 93 7 93 4 D 28 68 97 16 96
1994 63 House 83 11 91 3 D 32 60 95 0 95
1995 64 House 95 4 95 3 D 17 78 97 0 96
1996 65 House 98 2 92 4 D 37 63 96 5 95
1997 66 House 100 0 95 2 D 24 76 96 0 95
1998 67 House 90 5 93 4 D 17 82 97 5 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.