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Henry Jackson

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 31, 1912 in Everett, WA
Died: September 1, 1983 in Everett, WA

Education:

  • University of Washington Law School, 1935

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Snohomish County prosecutor, 1938-1940

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for Democrat party presidential nomination, 1972, 1976


Election Results for Henry Jackson


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 28 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 13,307 16.7%
1940 28 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 66,314 57.4%
1942 30 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 20,407 52.9%
1942 30 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 39,628 59.9%
1944 32 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 22,377 44.7%
1944 32 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 74,676 60.4%
1946 34 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 28,605 53.2%
1946 34 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 54,089 53.1%
1948 36 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 43,803 53.7%
1948 36 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,824 61.6%
1950 38 WA D U.S. House District 02 Open Primary 1 37,344 52.0%
1950 38 WA D U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,296 61.2%
1952 40 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 326,341 48.8%
1952 40 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 595,288 56.2%
1958 46 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 334,862 62.8%
1958 46 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 597,040 67.3%
1964 52 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 478,892 60.2%
1964 52 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 875,950 72.2%
1970 58 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 497,309 73.2%
1970 58 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 879,385 82.4%
1976 64 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 549,974 68.3%
1976 64 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,071,219 71.8%
1982 70 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 Open Primary 1 450,580 66.2%
1982 70 WA D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 943,655 69.0%


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



Ideology Data for Henry 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
1941 29 House 78 17 D 88
1942 30 House 100 0 D 96
1943 31 House 71 13 D 75
1944 32 House 77 7 D 72
1945 33 House 68 4 D 72
1946 34 House 77 2 D 74
1947 35 House 84 13 D 96 100
1948 36 House 86 8 D 96 100
1949 37 House 94 5 D 99 100
1950 38 House 89 8 D 92 93
1951 39 House 90 6 D 90 92
1952 40 House 86 5 D 76 100
1953 41 Senate 85 15 R 56 94 93
1954 42 Senate 90 9 R 35 65 98 85
1955 43 Senate 77 8 R 67 27 90 90
1956 44 Senate 96 4 R 43 57 100 93
1957 45 Senate 79 21 R 65 33 98 92
1958 46 Senate 80 6 R 42 42 87 100
1959 47 Senate 5 92 84 14 R 40 59 98 92
1960 48 Senate 7 91 86 13 R 41 48 99 100
1961 49 Senate 12 88 96 4 D 85 15 100 100 7
1962 50 Senate 24 76 97 3 D 90 10 98 83 13
1963 51 Senate 30 63 81 10 D 73 15 90 65 19
1964 52 Senate 16 69 55 25 D 56 29 84 74 33
1965 53 Senate 21 79 82 15 D 82 15 98 71 27
1966 54 Senate 19 81 84 14 D 78 22 98 80 14
1967 55 Senate 11 79 83 10 D 75 16 93 69 20
1968 56 Senate 29 67 82 12 D 77 16 92 57 12
1969 57 Senate 16 77 72 16 R 61 31 87 78 29
1970 58 Senate 32 56 66 22 R 51 37 85 65 41
1971 59 Senate 28 36 50 18 R 40 23 65 56 22
1972 60 Senate 38 37 42 29 R 61 15 74 55 17
1973 61 Senate 33 67 78 22 R 47 53 99 55 32
1974 62 Senate 21 78 85 15 R 45 55 99 62* 19
1975 63 Senate 20 75 83 10 R 55 37 95 61 17
1976 64 Senate 17 64 69 8 R 36 40 84 80 14
1977 65 Senate 18 82 86 12 D 77 23 98 80 14
1978 66 Senate 30 69 87 13 D 80 19 99 55 13
1979 67 Senate 36 64 90 10 D 86 14 100 68 9
1980 68 Senate 19 79 89 10 D 75 25 99 72 14
1981 69 Senate 41 59 82 18 R 55 43 99 60 7
1982 70 Senate 37 60 78 18 R 36 60 94 75 11
1983 71 Senate 46 54 69 31 R 72 28 100 64 18
Lifetime conservative rating:   18%


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.