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Sam Steiger

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 10, 1929 in New York City, NY
Died: September 26, 2012 in Prescott, AZ

Education:

  • Attended Cornell University and Colorado A&M University

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, Korea
  • Awarded the Silver Star and the Purple Heart

Career:

  • Rancher/horse breeder
  • Newspaper correspondent in Vietnam
  • Assistant to AZ Governor Evan Mecham, 1987-1988

Elected Office:

  • AZ Senate, 1960-1964


Election Results for Sam Steiger


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 35 AZ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 9,258 100.0%
1964 35 AZ R U.S. House District 03 General 2 28,802 48.5%
1966 37 AZ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,739 100.0%
1966 37 AZ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 57,145 56.9%
1968 39 AZ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,429 100.0%
1968 39 AZ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 79,667 63.4%
1970 41 AZ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,933 100.0%
1970 41 AZ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 81,239 62.1%
1972 43 AZ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 34,680 100.0%
1972 43 AZ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 90,710 63.0%
1974 45 AZ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,551 100.0%
1974 45 AZ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,497 51.1%
1976 47 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 102,843 52.5%
1976 47 AZ R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 321,236 43.3%
1982 53 AZ Libertarian Governor General 3 36,649 5.0%
1990 61 AZ R Governor Primary 4 49,019 13.2%


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



Ideology Data for Sam Steiger


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
1967 38 House 98 2 94 4 D 39 57 97 13 100
1968 39 House 84 6 82 10 D 42 46 91 0 82
1969 40 House 93 2 80 11 R 51 40 92 0 87
1970 41 House 75 9 79 10 R 63 28 86 0 88
1971 42 House 81 8 79 13 R 63 23 91 9 100
1972 43 House 82 5 82 7 R 51 27 84 0 88
1973 44 House 86 4 79 8 R 62 25 86 0 100
1974 45 House 93 0 86 6 R 64 26 92 0 95
1975 46 House 84 4 82 7 R 57 33 88 0* 100
1976 47 House 31 1 32 3 R 31 6 30 8 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   95%


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.