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Joseph Vigorito

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 10, 1918 in Niles, OH
Died: February 5, 2003 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of Pennsylvania, B.S., 1947
  • University of Denver, M.B.A., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945
  • Awarded the Purple Heart

Career:

  • Accountant
  • Assistant professor at Penn State University, 1949-1964
  • Instructor at Georgetown University, 1977-1978


Election Results for Joseph Vigorito


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 45 PA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 10,968 34.7%
1964 45 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 92,612 50.8%
1966 47 PA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 31,134 82.7%
1966 47 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 85,193 55.3%
1968 49 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 106,869 61.1%
1970 51 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 94,029 66.8%
1972 53 PA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 42,568 86.9%
1972 53 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 122,092 68.8%
1974 55 PA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 27,465 69.0%
1974 55 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 1 76,920 58.6%
1976 57 PA D U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 33,483 61.1%
1976 57 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 2 79,937 43.8%
1978 59 PA D U.S. House District 24 General 2 48,894 36.0%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Vigorito


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
1965 46 House 16 84 87 10 D 91 6 97 83 29
1966 47 House 24 70 68 23 D 74 13 83 56 31
1967 48 House 24 76 90 10 D 88 9 96 67 14
1968 49 House 27 65 76 16 D 76 14 88 67 26
1969 50 House 27 69 80 16 R 64 34 96 60 27
1970 51 House 27 61 68 28 R 75 25 93 71 28
1971 52 House 31 56 69 17 R 60 40 88 64 6
1972 53 House 40 50 66 25 R 59 30 89 54 22
1973 54 House 31 62 78 15 R 30 63 94 68 20
1974 55 House 34 60 81 15 R 55 42 93 61* 14
1975 56 House 82 13 R 30 65 93 58* 24
1976 57 House 31 64 78 15 R 29 63 90 74 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.