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Fernand St. Germain

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 9, 1928 in Blackstone, MA
Died: August 16, 2014 in Newport, RI

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1949-1952

Elected Office:

  • RI House, 1952-1961


Election Results for Fernand St. Germain


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 32 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,063 51.5%
1960 32 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 117,162 66.2%
1962 34 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 24,023 79.3%
1962 34 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,333 56.8%
1964 36 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,996 83.0%
1964 36 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 110,056 66.3%
1966 38 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,933 57.5%
1966 38 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 79,046 56.6%
1968 40 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 20,532 73.7%
1968 40 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,945 60.4%
1970 42 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 18,722 82.3%
1970 42 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,283 60.9%
1972 44 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 120,705 62.4%
1974 46 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,288 72.9%
1976 48 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 51,122 81.4%
1976 48 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 116,674 62.4%
1978 50 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,826 68.2%
1978 50 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,768 61.2%
1980 52 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,105 79.1%
1980 52 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 120,756 67.6%
1982 54 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,254 60.7%
1984 56 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 130,585 68.5%
1986 58 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 85,077 57.7%
1988 60 RI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,727 55.1%
1988 60 RI D U.S. House District 01 General 2 84,141 44.4%


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



Ideology Data for Fernand St. Germain


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
1961 33 House 9 87 78 14 D 80 6 87 100 0
1962 34 House 6 88 79 2 D 87 2 81 100 0
1963 35 House 7 60 83 3 D 82 6 85 92 14
1964 36 House 0 92 66 8 D 73 10 78 91 7
1965 37 House 2 90 81 8 D 83 9 85 78 13
1966 38 House 0 86 85 4 D 79 5 80 94 8
1967 39 House 4 93 87 3 D 81 7 85 80 0
1968 40 House 6 83 84 9 D 73 9 81 83 4
1969 41 House 7 82 78 7 R 43 47 85 80 43
1970 42 House 0 64 71 4 R 58 28 60 81 0
1971 43 House 17 79 84 12 R 40 56 88 86 5
1972 44 House 17 74 76 11 R 49 38 84 75 0
1973 45 House 13 81 81 11 R 26 62 89 91 8
1974 46 House 21 71 80 12 R 45 53 93 78* 10
1975 47 House 14 79 84 10 R 31 65 93 95* 14
1976 48 House 14 74 84 4 R 24 71 85 90 6
1977 49 House 17 69 71 15 D 57 16 86 75 19
1978 50 House 17 70 74 14 D 65 25 87 65 8
1979 51 House 19 73 78 12 D 75 20 87 83 18
1980 52 House 19 60 74 11 D 62 23 80 88 7
1981 53 House 35 51 73 14 R 34 61 88 74 17
1982 54 House 23 71 90 8 R 39 57 93 90 9
1983 55 House 17 69 80 8 R 20 71 80 81 10
1984 56 House 29 61 72 9 R 39 49 79 74 14
1985 57 House 16 78 82 6 R 20 73 88 82 11
1986 58 House 20 78 87 6 R 21 74 92 80 5
1987 59 House 21 77 83 3 R 15 73 87 95 0
1988 60 House 21 66 84 6 R 20 71 90 94 9
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.