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John Glenn

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 18, 1921 in Cambridge, OH
Died: May 29, 2012 in Columbus, OH

Education:

  • Muskingum College, B.S., 1943

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1965

Career:

  • Astronaut, 1959-1965
  • Corporate VP/president, 1966-1969


Election Results for John Glenn


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 42 OH D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 206,956 26.4%
1970 48 OH D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 2 417,027 44.9%
1974 52 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 571,871 54.4%
1974 52 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,930,670 64.6%
1980 58 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 934,230 85.9%
1980 58 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,770,786 68.8%
1986 64 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 678,171 87.6%
1986 64 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 1,949,208 62.5%
1992 70 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 859,622 100.0%
1992 70 OH D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 1 2,444,397 50.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Glenn


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
1975 53 Senate 23 69 76 15 R 58 39 91 56 12
1976 54 Senate 28 64 79 13 R 53 38 84 58 11
1977 55 Senate 59 41 63 36 D 83 15 99 60 8
1978 56 Senate 18 83 86 12 D 87 11 98 65 13
1979 57 Senate 34 65 79 19 D 77 16 96 56 9
1980 58 Senate 29 58 77 16 D 72 21 92 71 20
1981 59 Senate 34 66 74 21 R 53 42 94 80 7
1982 60 Senate 26 51 67 17 R 35 45 82 75 21
1983 61 Senate 20 52 57 12 R 39 35 64 87 16
1984 62 Senate 28 51 55 25 R 39 43 80 86 5
1985 63 Senate 42 57 79 18 R 42 56 97 75 30
1986 64 Senate 29 70 74 23 R 42 52 95 65 33
1987 65 Senate 28 66 82 12 R 38 60 95 80 12
1988 66 Senate 27 73 86 11 R 53 45 98 80 9
1989 67 Senate 50 47 82 16 R 59 38 98 65 25
1990 68 Senate 41 59 79 21 R 39 61 100 89 9
1991 69 Senate 38 63 83 14 R 41 56 97 90 10
1992 70 Senate 37 58 83 17 R 30 68 99 80 12
1993 71 Senate 37 59 90 9 D 97 3 99 89 13
1994 72 Senate 22 75 89 9 D 92 5 98 80 4
1995 73 Senate 33 63 86 12 D 89 8 98 89 5
1996 74 Senate 18 82 90 10 D 88 12 99 95 10
1997 75 Senate 36 64 89 10 D 81 13 97 80 0
1998 76 Senate 13 38 77 1 D 72 3 76 94 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   12%


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.