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John Buchanan

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 19, 1928 in Paris, TN
Died: March 5, 2018 in Rockville, MD

Education:

  • Samford University, 1949
  • Southern Theological Seminary, 1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Pastor
  • Member of U.S. delegation to the U.N, 1973, 1984
  • U.N. Human Rights Committee, 1978-1980
  • U.S. Department of Education, 1981-1983
  • Board member, People for the American Way, 1982-2018


Election Results for John Buchanan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 34 AL R U.S. House At-Large District General 9 141,202 31.7%
1964 36 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,246 60.6%
1966 38 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 64,435 63.4%
1968 40 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,445 59.3%
1970 42 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 50,060 60.1%
1972 44 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 91,499 59.8%
1974 46 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 54,505 56.6%
1976 48 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 92,113 56.7%
1978 50 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 9,078 53.2%
1978 50 AL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 65,700 61.7%
1980 52 AL R U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 20,855 44.6%


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



Ideology Data for John Buchanan


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
1965 37 House 96 0 95 3 D 23 75 98 0 100
1966 38 House 97 0 96 3 D 27 69 97 0 100
1967 39 House 87 6 89 7 D 40 58 93 7 92
1968 40 House 84 10 82 11 D 46 50 91 0 96
1969 41 House 84 9 76 16 R 64 30 93 7 67
1970 42 House 80 9 65 26 R 71 26 86 6 78
1971 43 House 80 18 70 27 R 86 11 96 11 100
1972 44 House 82 17 72 24 R 76 19 97 6 60
1973 45 House 62 26 65 25 R 64 24 83 24 82
1974 46 House 69 23 65 28 R 85 8 91 29 71
1975 47 House 78 21 72 26 R 72 25 98 21* 75
1976 48 House 61 31 56 36 R 67 27 90 26 60
1977 49 House 58 38 54 43 D 58 41 96 42 59
1978 50 House 61 30 53 37 D 43 52 89 32 55
1979 51 House 52 46 41 54 D 61 34 93 42 44
1980 52 House 53 37 52 40 D 62 31 88 38 42
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.