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John Brademas

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 2, 1927 in Mishawaka, IN
Died: July 11, 2016 in New York City, NY

Education:

  • Harvard University, B.A., 1949
  • Oxford University, Ph.D., 1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Assistant to Sen. Pat McNamara, 1955
  • Assistant to Rep. Thomas Ashley, 1955
  • Assistant to Adlai Stevenson, 1955-1956
  • Assistant professor at St. Mary's College, 1957-1958
  • President of New York University, 1981-1992


Election Results for John Brademas


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1954 27 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 2 83,851 49.2%
1956 29 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 28,015 89.9%
1956 29 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 2 97,196 46.9%
1958 31 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 42,379 84.4%
1958 31 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,802 56.9%
1960 33 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,389 91.4%
1960 33 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 115,070 52.4%
1962 35 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 92,609 51.9%
1964 37 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 121,209 60.6%
1966 39 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 75,321 55.8%
1968 41 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 94,452 52.2%
1970 43 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 87,064 57.5%
1972 45 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 45,054 100.0%
1972 45 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 103,949 55.2%
1974 47 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,617 78.9%
1974 47 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,306 64.1%
1976 49 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,648 76.9%
1976 49 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,777 56.9%
1978 51 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,970 100.0%
1978 51 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 1 64,336 55.5%
1980 53 IN D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,218 72.4%
1980 53 IN D U.S. House District 03 General 2 85,136 45.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Brademas


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
1959 32 House 0 100 94 6 R 43 56 99 100
1960 33 House 5 95 86 12 R 63 37 97 100
1961 34 House 4 96 93 3 D 94 3 94 100 7
1962 35 House 12 88 95 2 D 95 3 94 88 7
1963 36 House 0 100 89 3 D 92 4 92 92 7
1964 37 House 17 75 69 10 D 77 6 82 92 13
1965 38 House 2 94 92 2 D 88 5 92 95 6
1966 39 House 0 97 91 4 D 91 4 92 88 8
1967 40 House 0 89 84 3 D 84 6 82 80 0
1968 41 House 4 59 71 4 D 69 10 79 92 5
1969 42 House 2 89 85 7 R 53 40 85 86 17
1970 43 House 2 89 78 13 R 57 34 89 94 6
1971 44 House 5 95 93 7 R 37 60 96 97 0
1972 45 House 5 90 89 4 R 41 54 94 100 10
1973 46 House 2 95 94 3 R 28 69 95 96 4
1974 47 House 0 99 93 4 R 34 62 95 96* 0
1975 48 House 3 91 94 1 R 34 62 93 100 3
1976 49 House 5 89 94 3 R 24 75 95 90 3
1977 50 House 4 87 85 3 D 78 11 86 84 6
1978 51 House 8 90 91 5 D 85 13 97 80 0
1979 52 House 8 90 93 4 D 85 12 96 84 0
1980 53 House 15 79 90 2 D 79 12 90 72 11
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.