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John Dempsey

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 22, 1879 in White Haven, PA
Died: March 11, 1958 in Washington, DC

Career:

  • President of Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.
  • Oil businessman
  • National Recovery Administration, 1933
  • U.S. Maritime Commission, 1941
  • U.S. Undersecretary of the Interior, 1941-1942


Election Results for John Dempsey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 57 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 105,937 62.9%
1938 59 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 90,608 58.4%
1940 61 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 47,378 48.7%
1942 63 NM D Governor Primary 1 38,088 59.4%
1942 63 NM D Governor General 1 59,258 54.5%
1944 65 NM D Governor Primary 1 29,895 82.2%
1944 65 NM D Governor General 1 76,443 51.8%
1946 67 NM D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 27,465 42.3%
1948 69 NM D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 27,658 40.0%
1950 71 NM D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 53,862 33.7%
1950 71 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 97,187 56.1%
1952 73 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 121,477 52.0%
1954 75 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 111,711 59.1%
1956 77 NM D U.S. House District A1 Primary 1 59,032 39.2%
1956 77 NM D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 129,625 53.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Dempsey


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 58 House 61 19 D 73
1938 59 House 69 14 D 70
1939 60 House 83 9 D 88
1940 61 House 72 13 D 77
1951 72 House 52 28 D 69 30
1952 73 House 48 20 D 72 40
1953 74 House 50 45 R 53 90 27
1954 75 House 50 43 R 66 34 89 22
1955 76 House 52 23 R 51 22 75 44
1956 77 House 78 16 R 59 38 92 71
1957 78 House 78 15 R 60 28 89 56


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.