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John Davis

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 12, 1916 in Rome, GA
Died: October 3, 1992 in St. Simons Island, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia, A.B., 1937, LL.B., 1939

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Circuit court solicitor, 1950-1953
  • Circuit court judge, 1955-1960


Election Results for John Davis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 43 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,085 41.7%
1960 43 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 69,717 74.2%
1962 45 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 95,682 100.0%
1962 45 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 28,994 72.4%
1964 47 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 75,712 100.0%
1964 47 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 69,575 54.7%
1966 49 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 73,213 100.0%
1966 49 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,614 65.0%
1968 51 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 91,333 100.0%
1968 51 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 96,505 99.8%
1970 53 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,137 64.1%
1970 53 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 80,149 72.5%
1972 55 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 38,602 52.0%
1972 55 GA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 59,031 58.3%
1974 57 GA D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 41,052 48.5%


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



Ideology Data for John Davis


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
1961 44 House 78 17 60 33 D 63 31 96 30 60
1962 45 House 75 19 70 21 D 77 22 90 50 43
1963 46 House 73 13 77 14 D 76 14 87 50 53
1964 47 House 50 42 85 6 D 83 10 90 77 25
1965 48 House 80 18 48 48 D 62 38 98 16 82
1966 49 House 35 14 25 26 D 28 24 52 25 57
1967 50 House 85 7 51 43 D 65 32 96 7 83
1968 51 House 73 14 38 41 D 55 29 85 9 52
1969 52 House 67 11 38 44 R 47 38 78 7 86
1970 53 House 75 11 39 39 R 46 28 76 7 73
1971 54 House 61 19 39 43 R 67 16 80 21 44
1972 55 House 67 13 29 49 R 57 27 73 8 78
1973 56 House 69 21 46 42 R 43 46 80 27 77
1974 57 House 35 14 26 20 R 34 30 46 9* 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.