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John Conyers

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 16, 1929 in Detroit, MI
Died: October 27, 2019 in Detroit, MI

Education:

  • Wayne State University, B.A., 1957, LL.B., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1950-1954
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1954-1957

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. John Dingell, 1958-1961
  • Lawyer
  • Labor union counsel, 1959-1964
  • Board member, ACLU & NAACP
  • MI workmen's compensation department, 1961-1963


Election Results for John Conyers


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 35 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 16,249 27.0%
1964 35 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 138,589 83.6%
1966 37 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 38,427 100.0%
1966 37 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,908 84.2%
1968 39 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,596 100.0%
1968 39 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 127,847 100.0%
1970 41 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 33,923 85.2%
1970 41 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,075 88.2%
1972 43 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,061 100.0%
1972 43 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 131,353 88.4%
1974 45 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,900 100.0%
1974 45 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,620 90.7%
1976 47 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,700 86.0%
1976 47 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 126,161 92.4%
1978 49 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,646 92.9%
1980 51 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 123,286 94.7%
1982 53 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 125,517 96.7%
1984 55 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 152,432 89.4%
1986 57 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 35,461 89.5%
1986 57 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,307 89.2%
1988 59 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 127,800 91.2%
1990 61 MI D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 30,878 100.0%
1990 61 MI D U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,556 89.3%
1992 63 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 39,311 64.0%
1992 63 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 165,496 82.4%
1994 65 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 41,555 50.5%
1994 65 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 128,463 81.5%
1996 67 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 49,072 100.0%
1996 67 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 157,722 85.9%
1998 69 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 90,178 100.0%
1998 69 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 126,321 86.9%
2000 71 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 48,014 100.0%
2000 71 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 168,982 89.1%
2002 73 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 94,904 100.0%
2002 73 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 145,285 83.2%
2004 75 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 54,790 100.0%
2004 75 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 213,681 83.9%
2006 77 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 47,579 100.0%
2006 77 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 158,755 85.3%
2008 79 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 51,511 100.0%
2008 79 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 227,841 92.4%
2010 81 MI D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 44,902 100.0%
2010 81 MI D U.S. House District 14 General 1 115,511 76.8%
2012 83 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 38,371 55.4%
2012 83 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 235,336 82.8%
2014 85 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 42,005 73.9%
2014 85 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 132,710 79.5%
2016 87 MI D U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 30,971 60.8%
2016 87 MI D U.S. House District 13 General 1 198,771 77.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Conyers


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 36 House 0 76 73 3 D 77 7 75 100 0
1966 37 House 0 84 65 5 D 57 9 59 100 14
1967 38 House 4 76 65 10 D 56 17 70 100 9
1968 39 House 2 55 43 5 D 40 7 39 100 6
1969 40 House 4 69 55 11 R 19 45 69 100 17
1970 41 House 2 61 56 13 R 23 35 59 100 13
1971 42 House 2 67 60 7 R 19 61 63 100 22
1972 43 House 5 84 74 9 R 41 43 77 100 0
1973 44 House 2 65 64 8 R 20 50 64 95 6
1974 45 House 5 76 72 12 R 26 53 80 95 11
1975 46 House 4 61 61 5 R 27 52 67 100 3
1976 47 House 7 62 60 7 R 8 61 62 100 4
1977 48 House 6 77 73 9 D 59 24 76 95 3
1978 49 House 4 48 47 6 D 49 11 45 100 5
1979 50 House 2 40 46 6 D 34 10 44 100 9
1980 51 House 8 80 76 8 D 56 29 80 94 18
1981 52 House 9 85 78 9 R 32 59 84 95 10
1982 53 House 8 75 68 8 R 22 60 73 94 5
1983 54 House 4 73 73 6 R 6 73 74 100 0
1984 55 House 5 92 88 6 R 21 73 93 95 4
1985 56 House 7 67 69 6 R 13 68 75 94 13
1986 57 House 4 78 71 4 R 11 73 75 100 0
1987 58 House 5 81 82 2 R 8 81 83 100 0
1988 59 House 3 89 83 1 R 13 74 86 100 0
1989 60 House 2 85 72 2 R 14 57 68 100 5
1990 61 House 7 85 86 3 R 16 81 89 88 0
1991 62 House 3 89 91 2 R 23 75 93 100 0
1992 63 House 4 79 69 4 R 10 72 75 95 0
1993 64 House 0 57 70 2 D 63 17 71 100 0
1994 65 House 11 75 92 2 D 71 24 95 100 5
1995 66 House 2 97 94 1 D 87 8 95 100 8
1996 67 House 2 88 91 3 D 68 22 92 95 0
1997 68 House 7 85 90 4 D 77 16 91 100 4
1998 69 House 7 86 84 5 D 79 9 90 94 0
1999 70 House 91 2 D 80 19 92 100 8
2000 71 House 92 2 D 78 20 90 100 0
2001 72 House 89 3 R 7 88 87 95 4
2002 73 House 95 1 R 18 79 86 100 0
2003 74 House 81 1 R 9 80 80 100 10
2004 75 House 86 2 R 9 73 86 100 0
2005 76 House 92 3 R 15 85 95 100 13
2006 77 House 96 2 R 8 89 98 100 4
2007 78 House 93 1 R 2 90 94 100 0
2008 79 House 90 2 R 12 84 91 100 9
2009 80 House 89 2 D 87 9 87 94 0
2010 81 House 93 1 D 80 7 88 100 0
2011 82 House 91 4 D 75 20 95 100 4
2012 83 House 94 1 D 85 10 95 95 0
2013 84 House 93 4 D 89 9 95 100 13
2014 85 House 97 0 D 92 5 97 100 8
2015 86 House 93 1 D 91 5 93 100 0
2016 87 House 96 2 D 96 0 96 100 0
2017 88 House 90 0 R 11 78 88 94 4
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.