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John Dingell, Sr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 2, 1894 in Detroit, MI
Died: September 19, 1955 in Washington, DC

Career:

  • Newspaperman
  • Construction businessman
  • Wholesale meat dealer
  • Organizer of Colorado Springs Labor College


Election Results for John Dingell, Sr.


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 42 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 19,637 48.3%
1936 42 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 68,264 57.5%
1938 44 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 23,150 78.7%
1938 44 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 57,401 54.0%
1940 46 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 22,136 61.2%
1940 46 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 85,239 61.9%
1942 48 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 14,473 74.3%
1942 48 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 52,384 64.6%
1944 50 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 20,487 88.3%
1944 50 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 100,879 63.7%
1946 52 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 11,291 77.3%
1946 52 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 59,111 51.9%
1948 54 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 24,892 74.6%
1948 54 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 92,579 65.0%
1950 56 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 23,763 67.6%
1950 56 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 73,238 64.1%
1952 58 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 40,404 75.5%
1952 58 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 109,109 66.7%
1954 60 MI D U.S. House District 15 Primary 1 28,717 75.1%
1954 60 MI D U.S. House District 15 General 1 85,100 72.7%


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



Ideology Data for John Dingell, Sr.


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 43 House 85 3 D 90
1938 44 House 83 5 D 85
1939 45 House 75 12 D 83
1940 46 House 79 16 D 87
1941 47 House 78 15 D 94
1942 48 House 85 0 D 88
1943 49 House 83 4 D 79
1944 50 House 83 7 D 91
1945 51 House 72 4 D 63
1946 52 House 82 7 D 72
1947 53 House 87 5 D 82 100
1948 54 House 89 6 D 66 100
1949 55 House 59 5 D 55 100
1950 56 House 53 4 D 34 100
1951 57 House 69 0 D 40 100
1952 58 House 68 0 D 50 92
1953 59 House 47 16 R 56 37 100
1954 60 House 57 3 R 5 24 32 86
1955 61 House 58 0 R 24 27 41 100


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.