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Gus Yatron

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 16, 1927 in Reading, PA
Died: March 13, 2003 in Fairfax Station, VA

Education:

  • Kutztown State Teachers College, 1950

Career:

  • Professional boxer, 1947-1950
  • Businessman, 1950-1969
  • Reading school board, 1955-1960
  • Ice cream manufacturer

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1956-1960
  • PA Senate, 1960-1968


Election Results for Gus Yatron


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1968 40 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 94,247 51.4%
1970 42 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 96,453 65.0%
1972 44 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 119,557 64.5%
1974 46 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 111,127 74.6%
1976 48 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 133,624 73.8%
1978 50 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 106,431 73.8%
1980 52 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 117,965 67.1%
1982 54 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 108,230 72.0%
1984 56 PA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 40,185 87.8%
1984 56 PA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 3,470 100.0%
1984 56 PA D,R U.S. House District 06 General 1 181,165 100.0%
1986 58 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,142 69.1%
1988 60 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 114,119 63.1%
1990 62 PA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,394 57.0%


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



Ideology Data for Gus Yatron


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 41 House 22 73 84 11 R 51 47 94 60 40
1970 42 House 16 70 69 17 R 62 32 88 73 6
1971 43 House 19 70 71 10 R 33 56 80 78 33
1972 44 House 37 54 69 21 R 32 49 83 47 43
1973 45 House 23 73 82 14 R 25 67 93 76 28
1974 46 House 40 53 71 22 R 43 45 92 48* 15
1975 47 House 35 59 72 23 R 27 66 92 56 38
1976 48 House 47 50 72 25 R 37 57 95 40 35
1977 49 House 55 39 62 33 D 59 33 94 30 35
1978 50 House 57 38 49 47 D 51 45 97 40 58
1979 51 House 66 28 50 45 D 45 50 93 28 32
1980 52 House 60 37 46 51 D 51 44 96 41 42
1981 53 House 72 25 58 39 R 49 50 99 40 42
1982 54 House 52 44 71 23 R 40 56 93 60 33
1983 55 House 42 57 78 18 R 28 70 95 63 24
1984 56 House 58 37 70 25 R 41 53 95 50 36
1985 57 House 49 51 80 17 R 44 54 97 50 32
1986 58 House 48 44 80 15 R 22 76 97 65 27
1987 59 House 44 49 87 9 R 23 73 96 84 13
1988 60 House 76 24 75 23 R 32 66 99 65 24
1989 61 House 39 32 56 15 R 27 47 72 60 24
1990 62 House 65 35 73 26 R 34 66 98 44 33
1991 63 House 54 38 69 16 R 36 52 84 47 33
1992 64 House 52 31 72 11 R 30 52 85 70 35
Lifetime conservative rating:   32%


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.