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Lowell Weicker

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 16, 1931 in Paris, France
Died: June 28, 2023 in Greenwich, CT

Education:

  • Yale University, B.A., 1953
  • University of Virginia, J.D., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1953-1955
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1959-1964

Career:

  • Law professor, George Washington University, 1988-1990
  • President/CEO of Research! America, 1988-1990

Elected Office:

  • CT House, 1963-1968
  • Greenwich town selectman, 1964-1967


Election Results for Lowell Weicker


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 37 CT R U.S. House District 04 General 1 113,749 51.4%
1970 39 CT R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 77,057 60.3%
1970 39 CT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 454,721 41.7%
1976 45 CT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 785,683 57.7%
1982 51 CT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 545,987 50.4%
1988 57 CT R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 678,454 49.0%
1990 59 CT A Connecticut Party Governor General 1 460,576 40.4%


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



Ideology Data for Lowell Weicker


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
1969 38 House 49 42 55 35 R 60 34 92 43 40
1970 39 House 25 20 31 21 R 46 18 48 60 33
1971 40 Senate 61 22 61 25 R 67 20 81 33 63
1972 41 Senate 57 30 56 31 R 65 24 86 39 36
1973 42 Senate 63 35 53 39 R 51 40 91 60 44
1974 43 Senate 31 60 32 58 R 45 31 88 78 25
1975 44 Senate 34 61 42 56 R 57 39 96 72* 35
1976 45 Senate 38 40 30 46 R 51 38 80 79 27
1977 46 Senate 51 34 39 42 D 60 28 82 63 44
1978 47 Senate 28 63 25 64 D 66 18 87 63 29
1979 48 Senate 31 56 32 52 D 59 29 87 72 29
1980 49 Senate 16 71 30 59 D 69 25 90 87 25
1981 50 Senate 42 51 48 38 R 59 30 89 65 23
1982 51 Senate 28 60 32 58 R 40 44 86 83 22
1983 52 Senate 36 61 44 45 R 56 31 87 68 17
1984 53 Senate 23 64 37 49 R 36 55 84 89 5
1985 54 Senate 43 47 41 50 R 42 53 91 70 14
1986 55 Senate 46 43 47 44 R 45 52 91 84 16
1987 56 Senate 31 63 30 64 R 37 58 92 85 4
1988 57 Senate 8 84 16 73 R 40 50 90 90 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.