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Dean Taylor

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1902 in Troy, NY
Died: October 16, 1977 in Albany, NY

Education:

  • Union University Law School, 1926

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for Northern NY, 1927-1930
  • Director of Union National Bank and Niagara Mohawk Power Co.


Election Results for Dean Taylor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 40 NY R U.S. House District 29 General 1 67,794 66.9%
1944 42 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 95,299 62.6%
1946 44 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 89,778 69.9%
1948 46 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 98,618 63.7%
1950 48 NY R U.S. House District 33 General 1 100,425 68.9%
1952 50 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 114,656 70.6%
1954 52 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 86,768 66.2%
1956 54 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 116,682 71.8%
1958 56 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 87,704 63.8%


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



Ideology Data for Dean Taylor


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
1943 41 House 75 6 D 68
1944 42 House 50 23 D 52
1945 43 House 52 6 D 52
1946 44 House 66 20 D 56
1947 45 House 74 5 D 65 20
1948 46 House 72 11 D 57 33
1949 47 House 58 18 D 61 17
1950 48 House 77 14 D 62 20
1951 49 House 60 31 D 66 50
1952 50 House 57 30 D 65 42
1953 51 House 68 13 R 82 52 22
1954 52 House 77 10 R 50 13 58 25
1955 53 House 61 10 R 49 32 70 22
1956 54 House 56 13 R 50 29 74 57
1957 55 House 44 10 R 28 32 48 44
1958 56 House 41 19 R 36 22 54 33
1959 57 House 73 0 53 0 R 39 13 43 14
1960 58 House 11 11 8 4 R 19 14 26 43


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.