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Joe Evins

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 24, 1910 near Blend, TN
Died: March 31, 1984 in Nashville, TN

Education:

  • Vanderbilt University, 1933
  • Cumberland University School of Law, 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946 (Judge Advocate General staff)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Federal Trade Commission, 1935-1938
  • Assistant Federal Trade Commission secretary, 1938-1940


Election Results for Joe Evins


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 35 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,956 57.8%
1946 35 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 11,646 100.0%
1948 37 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 31,704 100.0%
1948 37 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 27,777 100.0%
1950 39 TN D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,936 83.9%
1950 39 TN D U.S. House District 05 General 1 15,283 100.0%
1952 41 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 68,838 78.7%
1952 41 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 65,787 100.0%
1954 43 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 73,521 100.0%
1954 43 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 27,613 100.0%
1956 45 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 49,875 100.0%
1956 45 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 56,191 98.4%
1958 47 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 69,649 100.0%
1958 47 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 38,062 100.0%
1960 49 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 76,032 98.8%
1960 49 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 60,738 100.0%
1962 51 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 46,005 87.9%
1964 53 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 81,213 83.9%
1964 53 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 85,286 100.0%
1966 55 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 72,621 90.0%
1968 57 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,041 74.3%
1970 59 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 86,437 82.6%
1972 61 TN D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 70,817 100.0%
1972 61 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 93,042 81.1%
1974 63 TN D U.S. House District 04 General 1 94,847 99.9%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Evins


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
1947 36 House 95 5 D 96 75
1948 37 House 81 3 D 80 83
1949 38 House 73 21 D 94 69
1950 39 House 77 11 D 88 71
1951 40 House 78 12 D 78 60
1952 41 House 52 11 D 53 50
1953 42 House 87 11 R 53 96 64
1954 43 House 63 17 R 37 34 75 86
1955 44 House 84 6 R 56 32 87 83
1956 45 House 84 9 R 53 38 92 71
1957 46 House 68 24 R 42 55 92 33
1958 47 House 70 19 R 54 28 81 73
1959 48 House 82 9 67 12 R 26 46 71 56
1960 49 House 32 58 78 14 R 37 53 90 56
1961 50 House 43 30 59 10 D 63 8 66 70 25
1962 51 House 25 50 68 7 D 62 7 63 57 20
1963 52 House 27 47 76 3 D 65 8 74 82 29
1964 53 House 50 8 52 6 D 58 10 58 64 33
1965 54 House 33 37 56 15 D 58 12 71 44 43
1966 55 House 19 30 49 5 D 47 6 56 53 28
1967 56 House 43 37 63 15 D 59 12 70 54 33
1968 57 House 22 14 27 12 D 39 9 41 38 29
1969 58 House 44 18 34 25 R 51 18 65 21 67
1970 59 House 48 11 39 28 R 49 29 70 15 53
1971 60 House 45 12 28 29 R 40 18 58 15 27
1972 61 House 37 24 42 22 R 38 30 60 27 29
1973 62 House 50 30 54 24 R 30 57 76 50 25
1974 63 House 59 25 53 32 R 53 38 80 30* 61
1975 64 House 35 27 47 20 R 28 55 71 42* 31
1976 65 House 34 31 44 19 R 25 47 64 31 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   36%


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.