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Ted Weiss

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 17, 1927 in Gava, Hungary
Died: September 14, 1992 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Syracuse University, B.A., 1951, LL.B., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1946-1947

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant New York County district attorney, 1955-1959

Elected Office:

  • New York City council, 1962-1977


Election Results for Ted Weiss


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 38 NY D U.S. House District 19 Primary 2 17,416 49.8%
1966 38 NY D U.S. House District 19 Primary Runoff 2 16,177 48.4%
1968 40 NY D U.S. House District 19 Primary 2 13,254 44.1%
1976 48 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 91,977 83.2%
1978 50 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 64,275 84.6%
1980 52 NY D U.S. House District 20 General 1 86,454 82.4%
1982 54 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 113,172 85.0%
1984 56 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 27,654 84.8%
1984 56 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 162,489 81.5%
1986 58 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 37,824 83.3%
1986 58 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 95,094 85.5%
1988 60 NY D U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 29,064 87.5%
1988 60 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 157,339 84.4%
1990 62 NY D U.S. House District 17 General 1 79,161 80.5%
1992 64 NY D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 58,115 89.2%


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



Ideology Data for Ted Weiss


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
1977 49 House 3 95 90 8 D 75 23 97 100 0
1978 50 House 4 90 87 8 D 79 17 93 100 4
1979 51 House 0 93 83 8 D 72 22 92 100 8
1980 52 House 4 88 82 9 D 66 26 93 100 11
1981 53 House 4 96 89 10 R 36 64 97 100 0
1982 54 House 7 79 74 4 R 18 56 78 100 0
1983 55 House 9 87 87 6 R 15 78 94 100 0
1984 56 House 2 93 88 7 R 21 74 95 100 9
1985 57 House 5 95 93 3 R 23 76 97 100 5
1986 58 House 4 76 81 4 R 12 79 85 100 0
1987 59 House 0 95 88 4 R 13 85 93 100 0
1988 60 House 5 84 80 5 R 15 72 85 100 0
1989 61 House 2 98 92 4 R 28 70 96 95 0
1990 62 House 0 100 92 6 R 14 85 99 100 4
1991 63 House 0 97 85 3 R 20 70 87 100 0
1992 64 House 5 90 88 2 R 14 76 91 100 0
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.