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Samuel Stratton

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 27, 1916 in Yonkers, NY
Died: September 13, 1990 in Rockville, MD

Education:

  • University of Rochester, 1937
  • Haverford College, 1938
  • Harvard University, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1946, 1951-1953
  • Served in the Southwest Pacific Theater as naval combat intelligence officer on the staff of Gen. Douglas MacArthur
  • Twice awarded the Bronze Star medal
  • At the close of the war interrogated Japanese supreme commander in the Philippines, Gen. Tomoyuki Yamashita, who was later hanged as a war criminal

Career:

  • Secretary to Rep. Thomas Eliot, 1939-1942
  • Deputy secretary of Far Eastern Commission, 1946-1948

Elected Office:

  • Schenectady city council, 1949-1956
  • Mayor of Schenectady, 1956-1959


Election Results for Samuel Stratton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1958 41 NY D U.S. House District 32 Primary 1 6,634 66.3%
1958 41 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 73,384 54.0%
1960 43 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 98,990 62.3%
1962 45 NY D U.S. House District 35 General 1 78,560 54.5%
1964 47 NY D U.S. House District 35 General 1 110,948 64.0%
1966 49 NY D U.S. House District 35 General 1 93,746 65.8%
1968 51 NY D U.S. House District 35 General 1 112,640 69.4%
1970 53 NY D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 19,053 81.9%
1970 53 NY D U.S. House District 29 General 1 128,017 66.2%
1972 55 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 182,395 80.0%
1974 57 NY D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 27,474 89.8%
1974 57 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 156,439 80.6%
1976 59 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 170,034 79.0%
1978 61 NY D U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 26,508 81.2%
1978 61 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 139,575 76.3%
1980 63 NY R U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 45 30.0%
1980 63 NY D U.S. House District 28 General 1 164,088 77.9%
1982 65 NY D U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 35,594 72.5%
1982 65 NY D U.S. House District 23 General 1 164,427 76.1%
1984 67 NY D U.S. House District 23 General 1 188,144 77.8%
1986 69 NY D U.S. House District 23 General 1 140,759 96.4%


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



Ideology Data for Samuel Stratton


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
1959 42 House 64 36 73 27 R 57 43 100 67
1960 43 House 16 84 53 39 R 44 51 94 67
1961 44 House 13 87 84 14 D 89 9 99 90 7
1962 45 House 19 75 84 5 D 85 7 85 88 8
1963 46 House 0 100 93 0 D 92 3 94 92 6
1964 47 House 17 83 87 6 D 90 4 90 100 7
1965 48 House 4 86 80 12 D 83 12 92 83 25
1966 49 House 32 51 45 29 D 57 18 70 38 50
1967 50 House 35 41 53 28 D 64 4 78 38 46
1968 51 House 35 45 43 27 D 62 19 74 42 32
1969 52 House 44 53 65 31 R 64 34 92 40 20
1970 53 House 32 36 57 24 R 49 22 72 53 13
1971 54 House 52 42 57 34 R 67 25 88 47 65
1972 55 House 51 48 62 37 R 78 16 94 38 33
1973 56 House 52 44 57 37 R 52 38 90 40 46
1974 57 House 47 47 61 32 R 58 34 93 35 29
1975 58 House 48 51 66 31 R 51 47 98 42 42
1976 59 House 50 44 64 27 R 43 43 90 25 47
1977 60 House 61 35 54 43 D 62 32 95 30 45
1978 61 House 51 45 52 43 D 54 39 95 15 50
1979 62 House 72 27 56 43 D 48 51 97 26 46
1980 63 House 52 40 62 31 D 58 36 92 17 32
1981 64 House 75 23 59 38 R 47 42 92 30 17
1982 65 House 70 23 56 35 R 51 38 89 35 43
1983 66 House 70 28 59 34 R 55 43 93 47 36
1984 67 House 76 22 64 30 R 53 45 96 40 59
1985 68 House 78 22 74 25 R 59 41 98 42 50
1986 69 House 62 26 60 31 R 50 43 90 47 42
1987 70 House 70 23 65 29 R 51 47 94 24 57
1988 71 House 53 32 64 22 R 40 49 84 53 48
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.