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Jack Brinkley

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 22, 1930 in Faceville, GA
Died: January 23, 2019 in Columbus, GA

Education:

  • Young Harris College, 1949
  • University of Georgia Law School, 1959

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1951-1956

Career:

  • School teacher, 1949-1951
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1965-1966


Election Results for Jack Brinkley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 35 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,821 47.1%
1966 35 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary Runoff 1 32,293 57.5%
1966 35 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 42,425 61.2%
1968 37 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 42,505 100.0%
1968 37 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 55,759 100.0%
1970 39 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,483 100.0%
1970 39 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,588 100.0%
1972 41 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,749 100.0%
1972 41 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,756 100.0%
1974 43 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 57,057 100.0%
1974 43 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 67,438 87.7%
1976 45 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 70,154 100.0%
1976 45 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 93,174 88.7%
1978 47 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 52,105 100.0%
1978 47 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,881 100.0%
1980 49 GA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 66,410 100.0%
1980 49 GA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,040 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Brinkley


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
1967 36 House 87 2 33 61 D 49 44 93 7 100
1968 37 House 92 6 30 67 D 50 49 99 0 83
1969 38 House 98 2 25 75 R 40 60 100 7 93
1970 39 House 98 2 38 63 R 68 32 100 6 83
1971 40 House 82 16 38 61 R 74 26 98 16 70
1972 41 House 82 17 37 63 R 51 46 98 19 80
1973 42 House 85 14 42 57 R 54 46 97 24 88
1974 43 House 75 20 40 55 R 49 47 93 9* 76
1975 44 House 84 15 36 60 R 44 54 95 11 78
1976 45 House 85 8 28 66 R 43 43 91 11 82
1977 46 House 84 13 42 54 D 53 42 97 15 79
1978 47 House 82 15 38 60 D 43 54 95 15 42
1979 48 House 87 10 46 50 D 50 48 95 16 65
1980 49 House 86 11 51 45 D 50 44 95 12 79
1981 50 House 89 11 45 55 R 62 37 99 30 58
1982 51 House 74 25 69 31 R 57 42 99 25 45
Lifetime conservative rating:   74%


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.