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John Duncan

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 24, 1919 in Huntsville, TN
Died: June 21, 1988 in Knoxville, TN

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, B.S., 1942
  • Cumberland University, LL.B., 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant attorney general, 1947-1956

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Knoxville, 1959-1965

Other notes:

  • Father of John Duncan, Jr.


Election Results for John Duncan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 45 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,851 47.5%
1964 45 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 84,868 53.8%
1966 47 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,777 78.9%
1968 49 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,832 82.4%
1970 51 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 85,849 73.3%
1972 53 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,087 100.0%
1972 53 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,925 100.0%
1974 55 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 38,284 96.1%
1974 55 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,419 70.9%
1976 57 TN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 45,877 96.4%
1976 57 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 117,256 62.8%
1978 59 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 125,082 81.8%
1980 61 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 147,947 76.1%
1982 63 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 109,045 100.0%
1984 65 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 132,604 77.3%
1986 67 TN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 96,396 76.2%


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



Ideology Data for John Duncan


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
1965 46 House 100 0 94 5 D 29 71 100 5 100
1966 47 House 97 3 93 8 D 37 63 100 0 96
1967 48 House 93 7 88 11 D 43 57 99 13 93
1968 49 House 92 8 88 12 D 49 51 100 0 96
1969 50 House 96 4 85 15 R 53 47 100 7 93
1970 51 House 84 16 68 32 R 69 31 100 11 61
1971 52 House 87 13 80 20 R 74 26 100 14 95
1972 53 House 95 5 76 13 R 68 32 99 0 70
1973 54 House 93 6 82 17 R 66 34 99 12 88
1974 55 House 91 6 80 15 R 75 25 96 4* 86
1975 56 House 89 10 83 16 R 57 39 98 5* 89
1976 57 House 92 6 77 20 R 67 31 98 15 89
1977 58 House 94 5 82 18 D 51 49 99 0 92
1978 59 House 90 7 82 16 D 32 66 97 20 79
1979 60 House 97 3 76 23 D 37 63 98 11 68
1980 61 House 96 2 77 22 D 47 52 99 17 65
1981 62 House 87 1 68 20 R 66 26 90 6 100
1982 63 House 93 5 68 28 R 68 30 97 11 82
1983 64 House 85 10 69 27 R 61 34 96 5 82
1984 65 House 97 3 60 37 R 63 35 98 10 65
1985 66 House 87 11 60 37 R 65 35 97 15 68
1986 67 House 94 6 62 36 R 69 29 98 10 62
1987 68 House 65 9 56 32 R 52 37 89 14 73
1988 69 House 10 4 R 10 9 12 33 60
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.