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George Brown

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 6, 1920 in Holtville, CA
Died: July 15, 1999 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • UCLA, B.A., 1946

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Employee of city of Los Angeles, 1940-1957
  • Management consultant, 1957-1962

Elected Office:

  • Monterey Park city council, 1954-1958 (Mayor, 1954-1958)
  • CA Assembly, 1959-1962


Election Results for George Brown


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 42 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 25,604 45.1%
1962 42 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 73,740 55.6%
1964 44 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 53,406 100.0%
1964 44 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 90,208 58.6%
1966 46 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 40,911 64.8%
1966 46 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 69,115 51.1%
1968 48 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 47,736 65.8%
1968 48 CA D U.S. House District 29 General 1 76,091 52.3%
1970 50 CA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 812,463 33.4%
1972 52 CA D U.S. House District 38 Primary 1 19,504 28.2%
1972 52 CA D U.S. House District 38 General 1 77,922 55.9%
1974 54 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 38,517 75.7%
1974 54 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 69,766 62.6%
1976 56 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 55,946 100.0%
1976 56 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 90,830 61.6%
1978 58 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 60,753 100.0%
1978 58 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 80,448 62.9%
1980 60 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 51,494 74.5%
1980 60 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 88,634 52.5%
1982 62 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 38,054 74.4%
1982 62 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 76,546 54.3%
1984 64 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 40,423 100.0%
1984 64 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 104,438 56.6%
1986 66 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 39,077 100.0%
1986 66 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 78,118 57.1%
1988 68 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 48,148 82.2%
1988 68 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 103,493 54.0%
1990 70 CA D U.S. House District 36 Primary 1 40,096 100.0%
1990 70 CA D U.S. House District 36 General 1 72,409 52.7%
1992 72 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 28,044 100.0%
1992 72 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 79,780 50.7%
1994 74 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 22,086 100.0%
1994 74 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 58,888 51.1%
1996 76 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 24,930 77.8%
1996 76 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 52,166 50.5%
1998 78 CA D U.S. House District 42 Primary 1 36,533 100.0%
1998 78 CA D U.S. House District 42 General 1 62,207 55.3%


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



Ideology Data for George 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
1963 43 House 0 60 77 2 D 75 6 80 100 0
1964 44 House 0 67 73 2 D 81 2 69 100 0
1965 45 House 2 86 85 1 D 78 4 84 100 0
1966 46 House 5 43 46 8 D 42 11 58 88 15
1967 47 House 11 65 55 13 D 54 14 70 93 9
1968 48 House 4 39 43 7 D 41 16 51 82 15
1969 49 House 7 67 64 9 R 17 36 62 93 31
1970 50 House 2 36 39 15 R 29 31 55 92 7
1973 53 House 10 80 82 8 R 30 61 90 96 13
1974 54 House 11 68 70 8 R 28 47 84 100 5
1975 55 House 11 76 81 10 R 37 60 89 89* 0
1976 56 House 18 69 73 8 R 31 59 82 84 9
1977 57 House 6 78 81 4 D 70 14 84 95 0
1978 58 House 7 79 74 9 D 76 13 81 74 13
1979 59 House 10 75 83 5 D 74 13 85 89 3
1980 60 House 8 77 82 5 D 69 15 85 100 11
1981 61 House 19 75 77 10 R 38 57 87 89 8
1982 62 House 12 79 85 5 R 32 51 85 88 5
1983 63 House 11 82 84 5 R 16 77 88 90 0
1984 64 House 12 81 91 5 R 27 69 94 95 0
1985 65 House 9 76 84 5 R 20 68 90 94 6
1986 66 House 16 76 82 3 R 18 71 85 100 0
1987 67 House 21 65 78 5 R 18 70 81 90 10
1988 68 House 8 76 80 3 R 13 65 85 94 5
1989 69 House 22 73 87 4 R 31 55 91 79 0
1990 70 House 31 61 79 5 R 19 76 87 89 4
1991 71 House 30 65 83 7 R 38 59 92 70 15
1992 72 House 27 63 88 5 R 19 71 93 95 5
1993 73 House 20 80 82 2 D 84 10 86 90 0
1994 74 House 22 61 79 3 D 82 10 87 88 10
1995 75 House 14 72 88 4 D 83 9 91 94 8
1996 76 House 25 73 93 4 D 87 10 96 90 0
1997 77 House 24 64 88 5 D 88 9 93 100 4
1998 78 House 21 79 90 6 D 77 13 96 100 0
1999 79 House 12 0 D 11 4 14 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   6%


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.