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John Coffee

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1897 in Tacoma, WA
Died: June 3, 1983 in Tacoma, WA

Education:

  • University of Washington, A.B., LL.B., 1920
  • Yale University, J.D., 1921

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Secretary to Sen. C.C. Dill, 1923-1924
  • National Recovery Administration, 1933-1935
  • Pierce County inheritance tax appraiser/examiner, 1933-1936
  • Tacoma civil service commissioner, 1936


Election Results for John Coffee


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 39 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 13,789 18.6%
1936 39 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 66,333 67.3%
1938 41 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 41,199 61.7%
1938 41 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 64,871 73.0%
1940 43 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 38,042 53.5%
1940 43 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 71,536 62.8%
1942 45 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 22,929 52.7%
1942 45 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 42,666 64.0%
1944 47 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 27,707 55.5%
1944 47 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 80,679 61.2%
1946 49 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 1 25,844 47.7%
1946 49 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 2 48,431 46.1%
1950 53 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 2 18,827 27.1%
1950 53 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 2 46,249 38.9%
1958 61 WA D U.S. House District 06 Open Primary 2 11,674 17.5%
1958 61 WA D U.S. House District 06 General 2 54,536 45.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Coffee


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
1937 40 House 71 29 D 99
1938 41 House 79 19 D 97
1939 42 House 90 7 D 94
1940 43 House 72 22 D 82
1941 44 House 61 33 D 85
1942 45 House 95 5 D 93
1943 46 House 85 13 D 96
1944 47 House 83 10 D 86
1945 48 House 70 12 D 74
1946 49 House 57 8 D 49


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.