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Richard Stone

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1928 in New York City, NY
Died: July 28, 2019 in Rockville, MD

Education:

  • Harvard University, 1949
  • Columbia University Law School, 1954

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Miami city attorney, 1966
  • U.S. Ambassador at Large and Special Envoy to Central America, 1983-1984

Elected Office:

  • FL Senate, 1967-1970
  • FL Secretary of State, 1970-1974


Election Results for Richard Stone


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 41 FL D Secretary of State District SOS Primary 1 315,703 57.1%
1970 41 FL D Secretary of State District SOS General 1 863,949 56.6%
1974 45 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 157,301 19.8%
1974 45 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 1 321,683 50.8%
1974 45 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 781,031 43.4%
1980 51 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 355,287 32.1%
1980 51 FL D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary Runoff 2 554,268 48.2%


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



Ideology Data for Richard Stone


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
1975 46 Senate 79 19 50 47 R 59 34 98 22* 51
1976 47 Senate 68 32 52 46 R 49 47 98 50 46
1977 48 Senate 74 21 39 55 D 74 26 94 33 49
1978 49 Senate 62 35 59 37 D 64 32 97 28 48
1979 50 Senate 62 30 50 39 D 60 32 90 22 53
1980 51 Senate 50 39 56 30 D 61 34 88 35 48
Lifetime conservative rating:   49%


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.