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John Dellenback

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 6, 1918 in Chicago, IL
Died: December 7, 2002 in Medford, OR

Education:

  • Yale University, 1940
  • University of Michigan Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Naval Reserve

Career:

  • Taught business law at Oregon State College, 1949-1951
  • Lawyer
  • Peace Corps, 1975-1977

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1960-1966


Election Results for John Dellenback


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 47 OR R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,592 69.1%
1966 47 OR R U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,154 62.7%
1968 49 OR R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 58,727 100.0%
1968 49 OR R U.S. House District 04 General 1 104,159 58.9%
1970 51 OR R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 38,518 72.5%
1970 51 OR R U.S. House District 04 General 1 84,474 58.3%
1972 53 OR R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 50,354 78.8%
1972 53 OR R U.S. House District 04 General 1 138,965 62.5%
1974 55 OR R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 41,892 99.8%
1974 55 OR R U.S. House District 04 General 2 86,950 47.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Dellenback


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
1967 48 House 56 35 67 24 D 53 40 92 33 58
1968 49 House 51 43 51 40 D 66 25 92 25 57
1969 50 House 51 42 53 38 R 64 30 95 53 33
1970 51 House 57 41 68 29 R 80 14 92 35 39
1971 52 House 53 44 63 33 R 77 21 96 47 40
1972 53 House 57 38 69 25 R 73 27 94 53 40
1973 54 House 50 46 58 38 R 64 34 94 60 40
1974 55 House 39 54 49 44 R 74 25 93 71 24
Lifetime conservative rating:   41%


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.