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Donald Jackson

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1910 in Ipswich, SD
Died: May 27, 1981 in Bethesda, MD

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1927-1931, 1940-1945

Career:

  • Reporter/public relations director, 1938-1940
  • Interstate Commerce Commission, 1969


Election Results for Donald Jackson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 36 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 16,465 38.2%
1946 36 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 3 10,319 20.3%
1946 36 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 78,264 53.9%
1948 38 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 41,684 82.0%
1948 38 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 25,927 41.8%
1948 38 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 121,198 57.0%
1950 40 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 53,348 89.0%
1950 40 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 26,154 38.1%
1950 40 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 115,970 59.2%
1952 42 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 45,835 89.7%
1952 42 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 16,200 46.1%
1952 42 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 79,127 59.7%
1954 44 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 35,055 85.0%
1954 44 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 8,314 25.1%
1954 44 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 63,124 60.8%
1956 46 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 43,138 93.5%
1956 46 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 7,886 20.9%
1956 46 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 83,050 60.8%
1958 48 CA D U.S. House District 16 Primary 2 7,366 18.4%
1958 48 CA R U.S. House District 16 Primary 1 43,617 92.0%
1958 48 CA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 70,724 57.8%


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



Ideology Data for Donald Jackson


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 37 House 84 13 D 89 33
1948 38 House 69 6 D 67 25
1949 39 House 77 12 D 88 8
1950 40 House 77 11 D 62 7
1951 41 House 75 9 D 68 17
1952 42 House 80 7 D 75 0
1953 43 House 82 13 R 97 86 27
1954 44 House 87 7 R 76 11 79 22
1955 45 House 71 10 R 49 10 68 33
1956 46 House 75 3 R 74 18 88 43
1957 47 House 61 8 R 33 38 69 33
1958 48 House 65 22 R 66 22 87 25
1959 49 House 91 0 69 2 R 61 7 62 25
1960 50 House 32 0 41 2 R 33 21 48 0


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.