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John Ashbrook

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 21, 1928 in Johnstown, OH
Died: April 24, 1982 in Johnstown, OH

Education:

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1952
  • Ohio State University, J.D., 1955

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1946-1948

Career:

  • Member of Byrd Antarctic Expedition, 1947-1948
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1957-1961

Other notes:

  • Son of William Ashbrook, husband of Jean Ashbrook


Election Results for John Ashbrook


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 31 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 24,330 100.0%
1960 31 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 79,609 53.0%
1962 33 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,004 100.0%
1962 33 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 69,976 58.6%
1964 35 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 32,125 100.0%
1964 35 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 75,674 51.5%
1966 37 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 36,117 100.0%
1966 37 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 73,132 55.3%
1968 39 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 40,238 100.0%
1968 39 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 100,148 64.9%
1970 41 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 42,559 100.0%
1970 41 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 79,472 62.2%
1972 43 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 28,582 75.3%
1972 43 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 92,666 57.4%
1974 45 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 22,845 70.7%
1974 45 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 70,708 52.7%
1976 47 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 35,836 83.0%
1976 47 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 94,874 56.8%
1978 49 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 29,617 100.0%
1978 49 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 87,010 67.4%
1980 51 OH R U.S. House District 17 Primary 1 45,061 100.0%
1980 51 OH R U.S. House District 17 General 1 128,870 72.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Ashbrook


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
1961 32 House 100 0 91 5 D 18 82 98 0 100
1962 33 House 100 0 96 2 D 17 82 95 0 93
1963 34 House 73 7 95 0 D 8 86 86 0 93
1964 35 House 83 0 94 0 D 15 79 92 0 100
1965 36 House 75 0 75 3 D 26 58 75 0 100
1966 37 House 81 0 85 3 D 25 63 85 0 96
1967 38 House 94 2 88 1 D 28 57 84 7 92
1968 39 House 75 4 74 1 D 23 57 77 0 100
1969 40 House 69 11 65 11 R 34 43 75 17 100
1970 41 House 59 11 72 11 R 49 40 77 0 81
1971 42 House 83 6 74 12 R 63 23 77 9 88
1972 43 House 73 11 66 15 R 35 51 78 7 100
1973 44 House 69 11 67 11 R 50 23 73 14 91
1974 45 House 76 16 76 11 R 55 36 88 23 95
1975 46 House 91 5 85 8 R 58 40 91 5 97
1976 47 House 90 4 86 6 R 69 20 93 6 100
1977 48 House 88 6 89 5 D 28 67 92 15 92
1978 49 House 81 4 79 7 D 16 73 83 5 95
1979 50 House 88 4 83 5 D 19 75 86 5 97
1980 51 House 77 4 77 7 D 24 62 83 6 100
1981 52 House 80 9 77 7 R 68 21 87 0 100
1982 53 House 2 0 R 1 1 3 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.