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Jack Brooks

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 18, 1922 in Crowley, LA
Died: December 4, 2012 in Beaumont, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.J., 1943, J.D., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1946-1972

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Farm owner/operator

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1946-1950


Election Results for Jack Brooks


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 29 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 15,826 19.3%
1952 29 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary Runoff 1 28,986 50.4%
1952 29 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,267 79.0%
1954 31 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 25,008 100.0%
1956 33 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 59,634 63.1%
1956 33 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 81,343 100.0%
1958 35 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 47,092 100.0%
1960 37 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,657 69.7%
1962 39 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 43,701 58.7%
1962 39 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 47,037 68.7%
1964 41 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,226 62.7%
1966 43 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 47,604 100.0%
1968 45 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 71,937 60.6%
1970 47 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 57,180 64.5%
1972 49 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 89,113 66.2%
1974 51 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 37,275 61.9%
1976 53 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 112,945 99.9%
1978 55 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 39,470 69.7%
1978 55 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 50,792 63.3%
1980 57 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 26,343 50.5%
1980 57 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 103,225 99.7%
1982 59 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,264 53.4%
1982 59 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 78,965 67.6%
1984 61 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 120,559 58.8%
1986 63 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 73,285 61.5%
1988 65 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 137,270 100.0%
1990 67 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 44,781 72.2%
1990 67 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 79,786 57.7%
1992 69 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 44,236 100.0%
1992 69 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,690 53.6%
1994 71 TX D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 37,648 71.1%
1994 71 TX D U.S. House District 09 General 2 71,643 45.7%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Brooks


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
1953 30 House 87 11 R 53 97 55
1954 31 House 87 13 R 55 42 99 56
1955 32 House 77 23 R 68 32 99 70
1956 33 House 56 9 R 44 35 66 60
1957 34 House 78 22 R 48 52 100 33
1958 35 House 95 5 R 66 34 100 75
1959 36 House 55 45 94 6 R 46 52 99 78
1960 37 House 16 84 90 8 R 37 60 98 78
1961 38 House 39 61 86 9 D 88 9 93 80 20
1962 39 House 19 81 86 5 D 82 7 94 63 20
1963 40 House 0 80 91 0 D 92 1 88 92 7
1964 41 House 25 67 87 5 D 92 2 94 85 13
1965 42 House 25 75 87 10 D 85 10 95 53 31
1966 43 House 11 89 93 4 D 92 5 94 82 11
1967 44 House 13 80 96 1 D 85 4 89 73 14
1968 45 House 31 59 74 12 D 78 13 84 58 4
1969 46 House 20 56 60 9 R 49 19 70 42 29
1970 47 House 43 33 64 17 R 45 29 73 33 35
1971 48 House 57 32 61 30 R 54 37 89 44 60
1972 49 House 45 41 67 24 R 54 38 90 29 44
1973 50 House 53 43 68 27 R 34 55 91 48 25
1974 51 House 45 45 74 19 R 60 32 92 39* 33
1975 52 House 45 38 63 22 R 39 48 84 32* 29
1976 53 House 54 33 64 29 R 33 61 91 38 30
1977 54 House 49 38 64 23 D 52 37 88 18 30
1978 55 House 55 39 62 34 D 54 39 95 30 29
1979 56 House 49 40 69 20 D 66 25 85 42 24
1980 57 House 43 43 74 15 D 54 20 84 38 18
1981 58 House 57 35 55 23 R 42 33 78 53 27
1982 59 House 55 38 70 16 R 44 44 86 53 20
1983 60 House 47 51 81 14 R 32 63 93 80 18
1984 61 House 46 46 77 14 R 30 58 87 61 12
1985 62 House 35 56 87 5 R 24 74 91 75 11
1986 63 House 50 34 76 7 R 21 69 83 78 9
1987 64 House 40 60 87 5 R 20 75 92 92 0
1988 65 House 26 61 82 5 R 24 70 86 83 9
1989 66 House 25 52 69 3 R 16 49 72 93 17
1990 67 House 39 52 87 5 R 18 71 92 65 17
1991 68 House 62 30 82 10 R 31 61 92 58 17
1992 69 House 52 35 85 10 R 30 62 96 79 23
1993 70 House 77 20 84 11 D 86 10 95 60 17
1994 71 House 47 36 85 6 D 74 13 92 75 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.