How much have PAINE WEBBER-listed donors given federally?

LobbyVault attributes $6,279,163 to the PAINE WEBBER employer string, from 16,515 contributions and 457 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a successor firm’s PAC and not a NAICS securities total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Is this UBS corporate political spending?

No. The $6,279,163 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to PAINE WEBBER. Successor legal names, corporate treasury, and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

Does this include Smith Barney or Merrill Lynch employees?

No. SMITH BARNEY and MERRILL LYNCH are separate employer strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text PAINE WEBBER. Staff who typed only BROKER are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.

How many unique donors listed PAINE WEBBER?

The rollup counts 457 donors and 16,515 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an alumni headcount from a successor firm. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

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PAINE WEBBER

Total Donated

$6,279,163

Contributions

16,515

Unique Donors

457

Top Employer

PAINE WEBBER

FEC.gov aggregates on LobbyVault assign $6,279,163 to the employer string PAINE WEBBER. The cluster is 16,515 contributions from 457 donors. That text is a historical broker name as typed on itemized individual receipts, not a NAICS securities total, not UBS as a successor legal entity, and not a firm PAC. SMITH BARNEY, MERRILL LYNCH, MORGAN STANLEY, and SALOMON BROTHERS remain sibling keys.

Key figures

PAINE WEBBER as FEC employer text totals $6,279,163 from 457 donors.
16,515 contribution lines sit under that legacy broker string.
SMITH BARNEY, MERRILL LYNCH, and MORGAN STANLEY are separate FEC keys.
The label is self-reported form text, not a NAICS industry or successor PAC total.

A retired wirehouse name that still groups

Filers keep typing names they used on older W-2s and business cards. PAINE WEBBER is one of those strings. LobbyVault ranks the grouped text; it does not merge it into a successor firm. The $6,279,163 total is itemized individual gifts whose employer field grouped here. It is not UBS’s current PAC.

People who typed PAINEWEBBER as one word, UBS PAINEWEBBER, SMITH BARNEY, MERRILL LYNCH, or BROKER without a firm sit in other rows. LobbyVault does not recode merger history into a single wirehouse key.

Brokers who moved to a successor firm and kept typing PAINE WEBBER stay in these 457 donors on those receipts. Brokers who updated the employer box leave the key. LobbyVault records the text, not the career path.

457 donors and 16,515 receipts

457 unique donors produced 16,515 PAINE WEBBER contribution lines totaling $6,279,163. That is on the order of 36 itemized receipts per donor. Alumni who still type the pre-merger name share the string with anyone whose receipt carried the same letters. The packet does not publish a mean gift or an active-versus-retired split.

Party share is not on the industry headline. Independent expenditures and committee PAC filings in a successor firm’s name are outside the $6,279,163 unless the individual receipt itself lists PAINE WEBBER. Unitemized gifts never appear.

16,515 lines totaling $6,279,163 are itemized federal individual receipts only. Successor PAC documents and unitemized gifts stay out.

Full analysis: PAINE WEBBER as FEC employer text: $6.3 million →

Questions

How much have PAINE WEBBER-listed donors given federally?: LobbyVault attributes $6,279,163 to the PAINE WEBBER employer string, from 16,515 contributions and 457 donors. These are itemized individual receipts, not a successor firm’s PAC and not a NAICS securities total. Unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Is this UBS corporate political spending?: No. The $6,279,163 total is individual contributions whose employer text grouped to PAINE WEBBER. Successor legal names, corporate treasury, and committee PAC filings are other FEC categories. LobbyVault does not fold those documents into this industry row. Figures are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
Does this include Smith Barney or Merrill Lynch employees?: No. SMITH BARNEY and MERRILL LYNCH are separate employer strings with their own pages. A receipt counted here carries the grouped text PAINE WEBBER. Staff who typed only BROKER are in that title row instead. Figures on this answer are limited to that FEC employer string as indexed on LobbyVault.
How many unique donors listed PAINE WEBBER?: The rollup counts 457 donors and 16,515 contribution lines. Repeat gifts raise the receipt count. This is not an alumni headcount from a successor firm. Figures are limited to the FEC string as indexed on LobbyVault; unitemized gifts and non-federal filings are omitted.

Industry labels come from FEC employer/occupation self-reports, not NAICS. Data from FEC.gov via LobbyVault.

Industry ties

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Cycle-over-Cycle Trend

1980 · $8,250 1996 · $4,500 1998 · $4,000 2000 · $3,405 2014 · $3,000 1992 · $2,500 1994 · $1,900 2010 · $500 2012 · $250

PAINE WEBBER political contributions by election cycle.
Cycle	Total	Contributions	Donors
1980	$8,250	12	7
1992	$2,500	3	1
1994	$1,900	3	1
1996	$4,500	6	2
1998	$4,000	4	2
2000	$3,405	7	4
2010	$500	1	1
2012	$250	1	1
2014	$3,000	5	3

Top Donors

Top PAINE WEBBER donors ranked by total donated.
#	Name	Total	Contributions	City / State	Occupation	History
1	JAGGER, JOHN P	$2,000	2	GROSSE POINTE, MI	—	1980
2	DAVANT, JAMES W	$1,400	2	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
3	CURLEY, JOHN J JR	$1,000	1	PLEASANTVILLE, NY	—	1980
4	DEAN, EDWIN W MR	$1,000	2	NEW YORK, NY	—	1980
5	HEAD, PRESTON D MR	$1,000	1	HOUSTON, TX	—	1980
6	MCCARTHY, DANIEL D	$1,000	1	ROCKVILLE CENTER, NY	—	1980
7	CARTER, C S MR	$850	3	FT MYERS, FL	—	1980
8	GERRY, WILLIAM FARISH MR	$500	1	MILL NECK, NY	—	1980
9	ASHE, WALTER D	$250	1	BRISTOL, TN	—	1980
10	KAISER, JAMES B	$250	1	NORTH OAKS, MN	—	1980

Top Recipients

Top political committees that received PAINE WEBBER donations.
#	Committee	Total	Contributions
1	MICHIGAN REPUBLICAN PARTYC00041160	$6,500	2
2	CONNALLY FOR PRESIDENT COMMITTEEC00107318	$4,000	6
3	FRIENDS OF SENATOR D'AMATO (1998 COMMITTEE)C00282889	$2,000	1
4	ROMNEY FOR SENATE COMMITTEE '96C00304808	$2,000	2
5	NATIONAL REPUBLICAN CONGRESSIONAL COMMITTEE CONTRIBUTIONSC00002931	$1,905	7
6	GEORGE BUSH FOR PRESIDENTC00106922	$1,850	5
7	LAZIO 2000 INCC00323618	$1,500	3
8	BUSH FOR PRESIDENT INC.C00343509	$1,000	1
9	PRELUDE TO VICTORY-NEW YORKC00134924	$1,000	1
10	NY REPUBLICAN FEDERAL CAMPAIGN COMMITTEEC00055582	$1,000	1
11	TERRI LYNN LAND FOR SENATEC00546770	$1,000	2
12	REPUBLICAN NATIONAL COMMITTEE - CONTRIBUTIONS (AKA REPUBLICAN NATIONAL FINANCE COMMITTEEC00003376	$1,000	2
13	ROMNEY FOR SENATE COMMITTEE '94C00285213	$900	2
14	KATHERINE CLARK FOR CONGRESSC00541888	$500	1
15	WALBERG FOR CONGRESSC00390724	$500	2
16	MARTHA COAKLEY FOR SENATE COMMITTEEC00466573	$500	1
17	THE MARKEY COMMITTEEC00196774	$500	1
18	UBS AMERICAS INC. POLITICAL ACTION COMMITTEE (UBS PAC)C00012245	$400	2
19	KENNEDY FOR MASSACHUSETTSC00512970	$250	1
20	FRIENDS OF PATRICK J. KENNEDY INC.C00326140	$250	1
21	KENNEDY FOR SENATE 2000C00305045	$250	1