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Jack Edwards

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 20, 1928 in Birmingham, AL
Died: September 27, 2019 in Fairhope, AL

Education:

  • Attended U.S. Naval Academy, 1947-1948
  • University of Alabama, B.S., 1952, LL.B., 1954

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1946-1948, 1950-1951

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Mobile city planning commission, 1960-1963


Election Results for Jack Edwards


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 35 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 54,522 59.9%
1966 37 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 58,515 65.8%
1968 39 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 60,318 57.1%
1970 41 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 63,457 60.6%
1972 43 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,606 76.5%
1974 45 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 60,710 59.5%
1976 47 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 98,257 62.5%
1978 49 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 71,711 63.9%
1980 51 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,089 94.8%
1982 53 AL R U.S. House District 01 General 1 87,901 61.0%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Edwards


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 36 House 96 0 90 4 D 19 71 89 0 100
1966 37 House 73 0 73 3 D 20 52 73 0 100
1967 38 House 80 9 73 11 D 37 55 90 0 92
1968 39 House 82 8 80 11 D 45 50 88 0 100
1969 40 House 80 7 73 11 R 60 30 84 7 73
1970 41 House 82 0 69 18 R 63 26 82 6 88
1971 42 House 87 4 83 9 R 75 14 94 8 88
1972 43 House 93 1 79 9 R 59 22 84 6 88
1973 44 House 82 15 78 16 R 73 23 93 16 76
1974 45 House 79 10 68 20 R 83 13 90 10 79
1975 46 House 80 8 72 15 R 73 17 85 5* 83
1976 47 House 85 9 80 15 R 80 14 93 0 88
1977 48 House 80 9 63 25 D 41 46 89 5 71
1978 49 House 88 10 78 20 D 38 61 95 20 71
1979 50 House 85 10 68 27 D 40 55 94 12 74
1980 51 House 76 9 56 20 D 43 44 82 18 87
1981 52 House 69 29 63 33 R 76 24 93 21 83
1982 53 House 93 7 68 29 R 71 22 91 10 81
1983 54 House 80 15 60 32 R 71 24 88 10 73
1984 55 House 83 7 50 32 R 61 28 85 5 61
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.