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John Baldwin

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 28, 1915 in Oakland, CA
Died: March 9, 1966 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • University of California, 1935
  • University of California Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Assistant manager of South-Western Publishing Co., 1936-1941
  • Lawyer


Election Results for John Baldwin


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 29,087 62.9%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 18,370 26.9%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 06 General 2 85,756 49.4%
1954 39 CA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 35,609 84.8%
1954 39 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 16,921 25.1%
1954 39 CA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,336 50.9%
1956 41 CA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 45,205 94.1%
1956 41 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 20,986 31.5%
1956 41 CA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 98,683 53.7%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 50,063 99.8%
1958 43 CA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 28,457 31.7%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 92,669 51.0%
1960 45 CA R U.S. House District 06 General 1 128,418 58.7%
1962 47 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 47,325 100.0%
1962 47 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 14 Primary 3 4,248 7.2%
1962 47 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 99,040 62.9%
1964 49 CA R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 53,193 91.2%
1964 49 CA D (write-in) U.S. House District 14 Primary 4 6,687 9.5%
1964 49 CA R U.S. House District 14 General 1 117,272 64.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Baldwin


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
1955 40 House 55 45 R 68 32 100 80
1956 41 House 53 47 R 82 18 100 86
1957 42 House 49 51 R 83 17 100 89
1958 43 House 41 59 R 78 22 100 75
1959 44 House 45 55 54 46 R 80 20 100 67
1960 45 House 74 26 73 27 R 67 33 100 67
1961 46 House 57 43 55 45 D 66 34 100 50 20
1962 47 House 25 75 49 51 D 70 30 100 63 40
1963 48 House 60 40 69 31 D 49 51 100 25 69
1964 49 House 67 33 61 39 D 58 42 100 54 63
1965 50 House 51 47 58 37 D 48 41 92 28 69
1966 51 House 1 0 D 1 0 1 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   53%


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.