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Garry Brown

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 12, 1923 in Schoolcraft, MI
Died: August 27, 1998 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Kalamazoo College, B.A., 1951
  • George Washington University, LL.B., 1954

Military Service:

  • Infantry Division as second lieutenant in Japan

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Commissioner of U.S. District court for Western MI, 1957-1962

Elected Office:

  • MI Senate, 1962-1966


Election Results for Garry Brown


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 42 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 21,596 74.0%
1966 42 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 68,912 52.2%
1968 44 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,292 100.0%
1968 44 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 109,754 65.2%
1970 46 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,706 100.0%
1970 46 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 80,447 56.3%
1972 48 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,104 100.0%
1972 48 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 110,082 59.2%
1974 50 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,839 100.0%
1974 50 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 70,157 51.2%
1976 52 MI R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,229 64.2%
1976 52 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 1 99,231 50.6%
1978 54 MI R U.S. House District 03 General 2 79,572 48.7%


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



Ideology Data for Garry Brown


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 43 House 63 26 81 13 D 48 47 93 36 46
1968 44 House 72 25 63 24 D 59 32 90 33 64
1969 45 House 47 44 56 37 R 70 23 91 40 33
1970 46 House 57 20 67 13 R 62 20 76 27 73
1971 47 House 66 30 63 32 R 79 18 93 32 63
1972 48 House 73 20 72 18 R 84 14 90 13 70
1973 49 House 69 27 71 25 R 71 25 93 9 75
1974 50 House 51 43 56 37 R 68 30 89 38 40
1975 51 House 81 15 77 18 R 76 19 95 11 75
1976 52 House 64 22 70 18 R 73 14 90 11 73
1977 53 House 71 20 69 23 D 46 51 92 25 72
1978 54 House 71 21 68 25 D 41 50 90 25 79
Lifetime conservative rating:   66%


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.