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Edolphus Towns

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 21, 1934 in Chadbourn, NC

Education:

  • North Carolina A&T University, B.S., 1956
  • Adelphi University, M.S.W., 1973

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1956-1958

Career:

  • Deputy hospital administrator, 1965-1971
  • Brooklyn deputy borough President, 1976-1982


Election Results for Edolphus Towns


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 47 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 14,823 48.0%
1982 47 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 39,357 83.7%
1984 49 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 21,463 64.6%
1984 49 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 81,002 85.2%
1986 51 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 41,689 89.4%
1988 53 NY D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 14,570 76.1%
1988 53 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 73,755 88.7%
1990 55 NY D U.S. House District 11 General 1 36,286 92.9%
1992 57 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 97,509 95.8%
1994 59 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 77,026 89.0%
1996 61 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 99,889 91.3%
1998 63 NY D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 18,282 54.6%
1998 63 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 83,528 92.3%
2000 65 NY D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,735 57.5%
2000 65 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 120,700 90.2%
2002 67 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 73,859 97.8%
2004 69 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 136,113 91.5%
2006 71 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 72,171 92.2%
2008 73 NY D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,405 67.9%
2008 73 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 155,090 94.2%
2010 75 NY D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 19,816 68.7%
2010 75 NY D U.S. House District 10 General 1 95,485 91.1%


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



Ideology Data for Edolphus Towns


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
1983 48 House 7 89 90 2 R 12 87 91 95 0
1984 49 House 3 86 78 4 R 18 69 76 95 9
1985 50 House 2 78 81 3 R 11 75 84 100 6
1986 51 House 8 86 81 4 R 14 77 89 100 0
1987 52 House 2 86 80 1 R 14 77 81 100 0
1988 53 House 0 76 76 2 R 13 71 81 100 0
1989 54 House 0 95 83 1 R 19 67 87 100 4
1990 55 House 6 93 88 4 R 11 82 91 94 4
1991 56 House 3 86 83 3 R 21 69 86 100 0
1992 57 House 10 60 70 4 R 11 64 77 94 0
1993 58 House 5 86 86 2 D 74 20 88 95 5
1994 59 House 11 58 79 2 D 67 15 83 100 0
1995 60 House 17 70 86 5 D 74 17 90 100 14
1996 61 House 8 84 88 3 D 76 20 90 94 0
1997 62 House 29 69 85 6 D 67 23 90 94 9
1998 63 House 17 67 82 6 D 76 13 82 95 9
1999 64 House 86 5 D 65 26 88 100 4
2000 65 House 90 3 D 80 14 92 100 4
2001 66 House 83 8 R 33 63 90 81 14
2002 67 House 88 5 R 32 61 90 84 4
2003 68 House 87 4 R 18 71 90 89 14
2004 69 House 85 3 R 21 76 86 95 0
2005 70 House 87 7 R 30 67 88 87 14
2006 71 House 92 6 R 32 68 96 95 8
2007 72 House 96 2 R 6 93 95 90 0
2008 73 House 94 0 R 14 81 91 100 0
2009 74 House 96 1 D 90 4 95 100 0
2010 75 House 91 3 D 80 17 91 100 0
2011 76 House 94 1 D 76 19 94 100 8
2012 77 House 83 4 D 71 10 82 87 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.