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John Boehner

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 17, 1949 in Cincinnati, OH

Education:

  • Xavier University, B.S., 1977

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1968

Career:

  • Manager, Meriell-Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc., 1972-1977
  • President of Nucite Sales, Inc. plastics company, 1976-1990
  • Union Township trustee, 1981-1985

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1985-1990


Election Results for John Boehner


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1990 40 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 25,071 49.3%
1990 40 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 99,955 61.1%
1992 42 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,495 100.0%
1992 42 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 176,362 74.0%
1994 44 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 44,018 100.0%
1994 44 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 148,338 99.9%
1996 46 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 57,392 100.0%
1996 46 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 165,815 70.3%
1998 48 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 38,920 100.0%
1998 48 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 127,979 70.7%
2000 50 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 84,245 100.0%
2000 50 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 179,756 71.0%
2002 52 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 27,770 85.2%
2002 52 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 119,947 70.8%
2004 54 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 55,149 100.0%
2004 54 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 201,675 69.0%
2006 56 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 43,713 100.0%
2006 56 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 136,863 63.8%
2008 58 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 65,271 100.0%
2008 58 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 202,063 67.9%
2010 60 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,555 84.7%
2010 60 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 142,731 65.6%
2012 62 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 71,120 83.8%
2012 62 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 246,378 99.2%
2014 64 OH R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 47,261 71.5%
2014 64 OH R U.S. House District 08 General 1 126,539 67.2%


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



Ideology Data for John Boehner


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
1991 41 House 97 0 96 4 R 84 14 99 0 95
1992 42 House 94 6 94 3 R 87 11 97 5 96
1993 43 House 95 2 96 2 D 34 66 98 0 100
1994 44 House 92 3 95 2 D 38 60 96 5 100
1995 45 House 96 0 97 1 D 19 81 98 0 88
1996 46 House 98 2 96 3 D 34 66 98 0 100
1997 47 House 95 2 93 4 D 25 72 98 0 87
1998 48 House 100 0 95 4 D 24 74 99 0 96
1999 49 House 92 6 D 24 72 98 10 92
2000 50 House 92 5 D 30 66 98 6 88
2001 51 House 96 1 R 98 2 96 0 96
2002 52 House 93 3 R 93 7 94 0 88
2003 53 House 95 3 R 98 0 97 5 88
2004 54 House 92 3 R 97 3 96 0 100
2005 55 House 96 3 R 87 9 97 0 100
2006 56 House 95 4 R 97 0 98 5 88
2007 57 House 95 1 R 89 7 96 6 100
2008 58 House 92 1 R 78 13 92 0 92
2009 59 House 91 2 D 12 81 93 0 96
2010 60 House 95 0 D 22 73 88 0 100
2011 61 House 1 0 D 1 3 1 0 0
2012 62 House 0 0 D 2 3 1 0 100
2013 63 House 3 0 D 3 13 3 0 33
2014 64 House 1 0 D 6 0 1 0 0
2015 65 House 2 0 D 6 2 2 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   93%


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.