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John Dowdy

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 11, 1912 in Waco, TX
Died: April 12, 1995 in Athens, TX

Education:

  • Attended East Texas Baptist University, 1929-1931

Career:

  • Court reporter, 1931-1944
  • Lawyer
  • District attorney, 1945-1952


Election Results for John Dowdy


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 40 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 14,274 28.8%
1952 40 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 20,376 57.7%
1952 40 TX D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 4,646 88.5%
1952 40 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 52,411 100.0%
1954 42 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 18,361 100.0%
1956 44 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 34,362 65.7%
1956 44 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 44,456 100.0%
1958 46 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 36,989 69.6%
1958 46 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 22,733 96.7%
1960 48 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 37,988 53.7%
1960 48 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 61,586 100.0%
1962 50 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,230 50.0%
1962 50 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 37,756 88.2%
1964 52 TX D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,286 56.8%
1964 52 TX D U.S. House District 07 General 1 64,456 83.6%
1966 54 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 47,216 51.9%
1966 54 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 55,134 99.9%
1968 56 TX D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 62,864 61.7%
1968 56 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,565 100.0%
1970 58 TX D U.S. House District 02 General 1 52,634 75.5%


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



Ideology Data for John Dowdy


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
1953 41 House 61 37 R 32 99 9
1954 42 House 60 27 R 32 50 89 29
1955 43 House 45 52 R 41 56 95 10
1956 44 House 38 16 R 35 41 67 0
1957 45 House 47 49 R 25 73 98 11
1958 46 House 35 49 R 28 64 88 0
1959 47 House 100 0 58 42 R 39 61 100 22
1960 48 House 42 5 20 49 R 26 56 78 0
1961 49 House 91 0 26 71 D 26 69 97 0 100
1962 50 House 88 0 30 56 D 33 52 85 13 83
1963 51 House 80 0 38 58 D 38 61 92 17 94
1964 52 House 75 0 15 48 D 21 37 65 10 86
1965 53 House 98 0 17 75 D 36 59 94 0 94
1966 54 House 84 0 15 60 D 31 44 72 0 95
1967 55 House 98 0 22 73 D 46 52 97 0 100
1968 56 House 75 4 24 60 D 40 37 81 0 95
1969 57 House 84 9 25 64 R 40 60 95 7 93
1970 58 House 48 2 11 35 R 37 20 43 0 63
1971 59 House 45 2 10 33 R 44 16 50 4 85
1972 60 House 9 0 1 14 R 5 8 10 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   90%


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.