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John Byrnes

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 12, 1913 in Green Bay, WI
Died: January 12, 1985 in Marshfield, WI

Education:

  • University of Wisconsin, 1936, Law School, 1938

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • WI deputy banking commissioner, 1938-1940

Elected Office:

  • WI Senate, 1940-1944


Election Results for John Byrnes


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 31 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 8,772 28.6%
1944 31 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 64,623 51.1%
1946 33 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 30,400 100.0%
1946 33 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 67,840 64.7%
1948 35 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,281 62.6%
1948 35 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 70,905 56.7%
1950 37 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 37,450 100.0%
1950 37 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 71,908 62.0%
1952 39 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 64,464 100.0%
1952 39 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 114,183 73.6%
1954 41 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 41,001 100.0%
1954 41 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 73,588 62.0%
1956 43 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 45,909 100.0%
1956 43 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,952 64.6%
1958 45 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 33,011 100.0%
1958 45 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 69,682 57.3%
1960 47 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,349 100.0%
1960 47 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,132 58.8%
1962 49 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 41,023 100.0%
1962 49 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 80,808 62.8%
1964 51 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 35,004 100.0%
1964 51 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 96,160 59.6%
1966 53 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 26,940 100.0%
1966 53 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 75,817 61.3%
1968 55 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,119 100.0%
1968 55 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 111,859 68.0%
1970 57 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 22,018 100.0%
1970 57 WI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 76,893 55.5%
1976 63 WI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 2 10,008 37.4%


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



Ideology Data for John Byrnes


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
1945 32 House 78 12 D 85
1946 33 House 85 11 D 89
1947 34 House 95 5 D 98 17
1948 35 House 83 6 D 94 17
1949 36 House 88 11 D 100 8
1950 37 House 90 8 D 94 0
1951 38 House 84 16 D 89 8
1952 39 House 75 20 D 89 23
1953 40 House 87 13 R 76 99 27
1954 41 House 100 0 R 87 8 96 22
1955 42 House 71 29 R 83 17 100 50
1956 43 House 81 13 R 97 3 97 57
1957 44 House 86 14 R 68 32 99 44
1958 45 House 86 11 R 48 52 98 8
1959 46 House 100 0 96 2 R 85 15 97 22
1960 47 House 74 16 82 14 R 84 14 97 25
1961 48 House 83 0 76 5 D 32 58 82 10 67
1962 49 House 63 31 74 19 D 52 43 94 13 60
1963 50 House 53 27 77 17 D 37 55 91 8 75
1964 51 House 83 8 81 15 D 38 52 93 8 81
1965 52 House 90 10 82 11 D 41 53 94 5 94
1966 53 House 86 11 75 14 D 42 49 92 6 88
1967 54 House 85 11 84 11 D 40 50 89 8 85
1968 55 House 59 33 62 32 D 62 33 96 8 86
1969 56 House 73 20 69 24 R 79 15 95 7 60
1970 57 House 75 23 68 29 R 80 14 95 22 67
1971 58 House 78 13 76 17 R 74 14 90 9 68
1972 59 House 77 12 72 13 R 68 14 83 6 90
Lifetime conservative rating:   77%


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.