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John Erlenborn

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 8, 1927 in Chicago, IL
Died: October 30, 2005 in Warrenton, IL

Education:

  • Attended Notre Dame University, 1955
  • Attended University of Illinois, 1945-1946
  • Loyola University Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant IL attorney for DuPage County, 1950-1952
  • Legal Services Corporation board member, 1989-2001

Elected Office:

  • IL House, 1957-1965


Election Results for John Erlenborn


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 37 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 38,169 44.0%
1964 37 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 145,830 59.0%
1966 39 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 130,442 71.7%
1968 41 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 163,332 71.1%
1970 43 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 122,115 65.5%
1972 45 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 154,794 72.8%
1974 47 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 77,718 66.6%
1976 49 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 53,627 83.6%
1976 49 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 176,076 74.4%
1978 51 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 118,741 75.1%
1980 53 IL R U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 73,801 81.3%
1980 53 IL R U.S. House District 14 General 1 202,583 76.8%
1982 55 IL R U.S. House District 13 Primary 1 26,380 61.7%
1982 55 IL R U.S. House District 13 General 1 113,423 69.8%


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



Ideology Data for John Erlenborn


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 38 House 88 10 88 9 D 31 63 95 11 100
1966 39 House 62 19 71 16 D 38 48 85 7 67
1967 40 House 61 20 64 18 D 52 35 87 13 73
1968 41 House 73 24 65 24 D 58 34 87 8 82
1969 42 House 71 24 71 25 R 66 26 95 0 60
1970 43 House 59 25 68 17 R 69 8 83 31 73
1971 44 House 71 19 69 15 R 86 7 82 24 61
1972 45 House 54 27 60 19 R 68 5 80 23 63
1973 46 House 62 15 63 19 R 67 17 82 25 68
1974 47 House 59 35 65 28 R 74 13 92 22* 42
1975 48 House 72 15 71 17 R 81 13 89 11 78
1976 49 House 73 17 76 16 R 83 10 90 6 79
1977 50 House 73 20 70 21 D 41 53 92 15 76
1978 51 House 66 26 68 23 D 43 46 89 30 82
1979 52 House 67 26 65 30 D 50 46 92 21 69
1980 53 House 59 20 62 22 D 49 36 82 13 65
1981 54 House 65 27 67 24 R 71 22 91 22 58
1982 55 House 84 11 75 16 R 78 12 85 11 80
1983 56 House 79 12 74 11 R 88 2 86 5 86
1984 57 House 78 3 64 13 R 62 17 77 6 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.