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Jackson Betts

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 26, 1904 in Findlay, OH
Died: August 13, 1993 in Findlay, OH

Education:

  • Kenyon College, 1926
  • Yale University, LL.B., 1929

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Hancock County prosecutor, 1933-1937
  • Instructor at Findlay College, 1973-1983
  • Findlay municipal court judge, 1981-1989

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1937-1947 (Speaker, 1945-1946)


Election Results for Jackson Betts


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 46 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 7,235 39.4%
1950 46 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 47,761 62.7%
1952 48 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,082 100.0%
1952 48 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,768 68.7%
1954 50 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 13,649 100.0%
1954 50 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 52,196 63.0%
1956 52 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 20,662 100.0%
1956 52 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 70,690 63.5%
1958 54 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 16,473 100.0%
1958 54 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 62,232 61.3%
1960 56 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 21,242 100.0%
1960 56 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 81,373 67.7%
1962 58 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 18,733 100.0%
1962 58 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 66,458 70.1%
1964 60 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,757 100.0%
1964 60 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 73,395 61.8%
1966 62 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,840 100.0%
1966 62 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 78,933 67.1%
1968 64 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,294 100.0%
1968 64 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,974 71.4%
1970 66 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 33,192 100.0%
1970 66 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 90,916 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jackson Betts


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
1951 47 House 97 1 D 99 0
1952 48 House 95 2 D 96 0
1953 49 House 89 11 R 79 99 9
1954 50 House 90 10 R 76 24 100 11
1955 51 House 90 6 R 51 41 92 0
1956 52 House 88 13 R 68 26 97 14
1957 53 House 92 7 R 50 50 98 11
1958 54 House 97 3 R 48 50 98 0
1959 55 House 100 0 83 12 R 69 22 92 11
1960 56 House 100 0 86 14 R 56 44 100 11
1961 57 House 100 0 88 5 D 28 65 94 0 80
1962 58 House 100 0 93 5 D 35 62 92 0 73
1963 59 House 93 0 88 5 D 28 66 96 0 100
1964 60 House 100 0 95 5 D 35 65 99 8 94
1965 61 House 100 0 90 3 D 35 60 95 0 100
1966 62 House 95 0 89 3 D 34 58 89 0 96
1967 63 House 94 0 90 2 D 39 56 90 7 100
1968 64 House 94 4 93 6 D 56 40 97 8 95
1969 65 House 89 4 89 5 R 60 36 95 7 80
1970 66 House 89 5 81 14 R 77 15 92 17 83
1971 67 House 89 5 85 10 R 91 5 92 9 79
1972 68 House 78 1 70 4 R 62 16 77 0 83
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.