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John Allen

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 27, 1899 in Oakland, CA
Died: March 7, 1995 in McCall, ID

Education:

  • University of California, 1920, LL.B., 1922

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War I and 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Oakland board of education, 1923-1943
  • CA commission on school districts, 1946-1947
  • U.S. Undersecretary of Commerce for Transportation, 1959-1961


Election Results for John Allen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 46 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 27,468 69.9%
1946 46 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 13,577 35.5%
1946 46 CA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 61,508 56.2%
1948 48 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,601 75.6%
1948 48 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 21,743 41.6%
1948 48 CA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 78,534 51.4%
1950 50 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,484 86.0%
1950 50 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 21,607 41.4%
1950 50 CA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 74,069 55.3%
1952 52 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 47,768 83.7%
1952 52 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 27,496 51.7%
1952 52 CA R,D U.S. House District 07 General 1 120,666 84.2%
1954 54 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,038 89.6%
1954 54 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 13,626 28.4%
1954 54 CA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 64,083 53.0%
1956 56 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,219 88.1%
1956 56 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 13,515 24.6%
1956 56 CA R U.S. House District 07 General 1 75,932 52.8%
1958 58 CA R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 40,309 87.9%
1958 58 CA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 10,003 19.0%
1958 58 CA R U.S. House District 07 General 2 63,270 49.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Allen


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
1947 47 House 89 5 D 96 17
1948 48 House 89 8 D 96 17
1949 49 House 92 6 D 98 0
1950 50 House 69 27 D 88 14
1951 51 House 75 22 D 90 8
1952 52 House 80 18 D 86 23
1953 53 House 95 5 R 94 94 30
1954 54 House 97 3 R 82 13 96 22
1955 55 House 52 32 R 73 15 86 50
1956 56 House 75 19 R 85 15 96 71
1957 57 House 51 20 R 37 35 70 56
1958 58 House 46 41 R 78 6 82 58


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.