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Frank Thompson

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 26, 1918 in Trenton, NJ
Died: July 22, 1989 in Alexandria, VA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1948
  • Received three combat decorations for action at Iwo Jima and Okinawa
  • U.S. Naval Reserve (active duty, 1950-1952)

Elected Office:

  • NJ Assembly, 1950-1954

Other notes:

  • Convicted on December 3, 1980, of bribery, conspiracy, and accepting an unlawful gratuity
  • Sentenced to federal prison and was fined


Election Results for Frank Thompson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 36 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 10,480 47.1%
1954 36 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 72,884 58.4%
1956 38 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 14,170 100.0%
1956 38 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,646 54.5%
1958 40 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 21,427 100.0%
1958 40 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 83,388 63.0%
1960 42 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,727 100.0%
1960 42 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,761 60.2%
1962 44 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,035 100.0%
1962 44 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 88,668 63.8%
1964 46 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 12,600 92.5%
1964 46 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,747 67.5%
1966 48 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 12,674 100.0%
1966 48 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 82,271 56.2%
1968 50 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 12,988 100.0%
1968 50 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 106,504 53.4%
1970 52 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,236 100.0%
1970 52 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 91,670 58.4%
1972 54 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 13,115 100.0%
1972 54 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 98,206 58.0%
1974 56 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 11,317 65.1%
1974 56 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 82,195 66.8%
1976 58 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 30,522 100.0%
1976 58 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 113,281 66.3%
1978 60 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 17,278 100.0%
1978 60 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 1 69,259 61.1%
1980 62 NJ D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 20,713 100.0%
1980 62 NJ D U.S. House District 04 General 2 68,480 40.6%


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



Ideology Data for Frank Thompson


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
1955 37 House 87 3 R 66 27 92 89
1956 38 House 91 3 R 62 29 93 100
1957 39 House 85 8 R 58 30 90 100
1958 40 House 70 16 R 82 14 90 100
1959 41 House 0 91 77 17 R 46 48 87 100
1960 42 House 0 100 78 12 R 58 33 86 100
1961 43 House 0 96 86 2 D 82 3 88 100 0
1962 44 House 0 75 79 2 D 80 2 68 100 0
1963 45 House 0 80 84 0 D 82 0 78 100 0
1964 46 House 8 92 74 6 D 79 8 82 100 13
1965 47 House 0 86 77 1 D 70 2 70 95 0
1966 48 House 0 57 53 3 D 52 3 55 93 5
1967 49 House 2 76 71 1 D 63 6 71 93 0
1968 50 House 2 71 68 0 D 71 5 70 100 6
1969 51 House 2 78 75 7 R 45 40 80 100 8
1970 52 House 0 70 69 7 R 54 26 75 100 13
1971 53 House 5 84 72 7 R 28 63 78 100 0
1972 54 House 6 70 65 6 R 35 38 74 92 0
1973 55 House 5 71 76 4 R 23 56 78 85 0
1974 56 House 6 75 82 5 R 30 55 84 73* 0
1975 57 House 8 78 82 4 R 30 61 84 89* 3
1976 58 House 6 74 82 1 R 24 67 82 100 3
1977 59 House 4 88 87 2 D 72 10 86 90 3
1978 60 House 8 80 83 4 D 72 13 88 75 0
1979 61 House 6 70 79 3 D 70 11 83 100 0
1980 62 House 4 62 60 3 D 49 15 69 94 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.