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John Dingell

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 8, 1926 in Colorado Springs, CO
Died: February 7, 2019 in Dearborn, MI

Education:

  • Georgetown University, B.S., 1949, J.D., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Page in U.S. House of Representatives, 1938-1943
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to U.S. Circuit court judge, 1952-1953
  • Wayne County assistant prosecutor, 1954-1955


Election Results for John Dingell


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1955 28 MI D U.S. House District 15 Special Primary 1 12,179 44.1%
1955 28 MI D U.S. House District 15 Special 1 19,682 76.1%
1956 29 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 26,983 65.7%
1956 29 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 111,827 74.1%
1958 31 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 28,064 100.0%
1958 31 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 79,216 78.5%
1960 33 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 22,101 72.8%
1960 33 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 111,671 79.4%
1962 35 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 19,058 60.0%
1962 35 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 94,197 83.0%
1964 37 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,801 54.6%
1964 37 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 112,763 73.4%
1966 39 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 27,826 100.0%
1966 39 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 71,787 62.7%
1968 41 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 24,772 84.2%
1968 41 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 105,690 73.9%
1970 43 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 29,996 100.0%
1970 43 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 90,540 79.1%
1972 45 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 30,972 85.9%
1972 45 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 110,715 68.1%
1974 47 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 28,987 100.0%
1974 47 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 95,834 77.7%
1976 49 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 36,477 82.1%
1976 49 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 121,682 75.9%
1978 51 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 93,387 76.5%
1980 53 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 21,780 88.2%
1980 53 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 105,844 69.9%
1982 55 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 114,006 73.7%
1984 57 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 121,463 63.7%
1986 59 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 33,903 92.0%
1986 59 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 101,659 77.8%
1988 61 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 132,775 97.4%
1990 63 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 21,626 100.0%
1990 63 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 88,962 66.6%
1992 65 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 50,052 100.0%
1992 65 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 156,964 65.1%
1994 67 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,210 100.0%
1994 67 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 105,849 59.1%
1996 69 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 34,781 99.9%
1996 69 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 136,854 62.0%
1998 71 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 44,300 100.0%
1998 71 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 116,145 66.6%
2000 73 MI D U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,574 100.0%
2000 73 MI D U.S. House District 16 General 1 167,142 71.0%
2002 75 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 58,120 58.7%
2002 75 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 136,518 72.2%
2004 77 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 45,348 100.0%
2004 77 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 218,409 70.9%
2006 79 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 38,769 100.0%
2006 79 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 181,946 88.0%
2008 81 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 51,306 100.0%
2008 81 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 231,784 70.7%
2010 83 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 40,642 100.0%
2010 83 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 118,336 56.8%
2012 85 MI D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 41,116 78.6%
2012 85 MI D U.S. House District 12 General 1 216,884 67.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Dingell


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
1956 29 House 88 9 R 62 35 93 100
1957 30 House 81 17 R 70 30 98 89
1958 31 House 84 11 R 70 28 98 100
1959 32 House 0 91 94 6 R 39 54 94 100
1960 33 House 5 95 82 18 R 56 44 98 100
1961 34 House 0 96 86 10 D 89 6 96 100 0
1962 35 House 0 88 77 2 D 85 3 79 100 0
1963 36 House 0 73 84 0 D 80 0 76 100 7
1964 37 House 0 75 71 2 D 77 0 69 100 0
1965 38 House 6 90 86 7 D 82 7 90 79 6
1966 39 House 8 84 88 6 D 89 5 91 82 8
1967 40 House 9 78 85 7 D 78 9 89 67 9
1968 41 House 14 75 80 11 D 69 14 85 75 5
1969 42 House 20 73 82 9 R 49 34 82 86 15
1970 43 House 16 61 63 8 R 54 31 75 67 17
1971 44 House 24 69 81 10 R 46 51 91 78 21
1972 45 House 20 65 69 10 R 46 41 79 71 11
1973 46 House 20 67 76 12 R 21 60 83 83 20
1974 47 House 24 59 72 16 R 36 55 87 60 20
1975 48 House 23 65 81 11 R 34 58 91 72 14
1976 49 House 19 76 81 11 R 16 76 91 78 6
1977 50 House 24 66 80 13 D 71 22 88 70 14
1978 51 House 27 63 74 18 D 63 25 86 50 17
1979 52 House 26 62 72 14 D 67 23 82 61 21
1980 53 House 21 62 81 7 D 68 21 82 71 0
1981 54 House 27 55 73 11 R 36 55 80 79 17
1982 55 House 25 74 90 7 R 44 55 95 80 14
1983 56 House 16 78 84 6 R 23 67 86 95 0
1984 57 House 31 63 84 7 R 30 59 91 79 9
1985 58 House 27 64 76 5 R 23 71 85 85 16
1986 59 House 32 58 80 5 R 24 70 88 75 19
1987 60 House 16 74 88 1 R 16 78 85 92 0
1988 61 House 29 61 88 3 R 22 75 93 80 13
1989 62 House 34 61 81 7 R 35 62 90 89 7
1990 63 House 37 61 87 5 R 20 78 93 67 4
1991 64 House 51 49 81 11 R 28 67 93 65 22
1992 65 House 31 56 87 6 R 19 74 94 100 0
1993 66 House 39 55 87 7 D 75 17 93 79 9
1994 67 House 36 53 87 6 D 76 17 93 72 15
1995 68 House 17 77 90 6 D 86 11 95 95 8
1996 69 House 51 47 84 14 D 78 22 98 70 25
1997 70 House 42 49 83 13 D 77 19 95 84 8
1998 71 House 40 52 82 10 D 77 17 94 89 8
1999 72 House 85 14 D 72 28 97 80 12
2000 73 House 86 10 D 76 24 95 80 17
2001 74 House 85 10 R 28 67 95 95 24
2002 75 House 93 4 R 25 68 96 90 4
2003 76 House 88 9 R 27 71 93 89 24
2004 77 House 94 5 R 30 67 97 95 4
2005 78 House 91 8 R 26 74 96 95 12
2006 79 House 89 9 R 24 74 98 95 13
2007 80 House 93 3 R 5 91 96 95 0
2008 81 House 93 1 R 17 82 94 90 4
2009 82 House 95 1 D 94 4 97 95 0
2010 83 House 96 1 D 93 5 96 89 0
2011 84 House 88 8 D 85 11 96 85 4
2012 85 House 92 6 D 83 14 96 78 4
2013 86 House 89 7 D 88 11 95 90 8
2014 87 House 83 2 D 83 5 86 88 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   10%


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.