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Andy Jacobs, Jr.

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 24, 1932 in Indianapolis, IN
Died: December 28, 2013 in Indianapolis, IN

Education:

  • Indiana University, B.S., 1955, LL.B., 1958

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1950-1952

Career:

  • Police officer, 1954-1958
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • IN House, 1959-1960


Election Results for Andy Jacobs, Jr.


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 30 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,262 90.6%
1962 30 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 2 107,747 45.8%
1964 32 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,543 54.6%
1964 32 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 149,342 50.5%
1966 34 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 65,624 55.7%
1968 36 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 33,311 70.8%
1968 36 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 80,015 53.1%
1970 38 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 16,331 93.9%
1970 38 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 71,329 58.3%
1972 40 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 35,327 85.0%
1972 40 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 2 91,238 48.8%
1974 42 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 18,821 86.4%
1974 42 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 81,508 52.5%
1976 44 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 32,933 90.1%
1976 44 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 115,895 60.4%
1978 46 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 17,138 94.9%
1978 46 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 61,504 57.2%
1980 48 IN D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 31,964 100.0%
1980 48 IN D U.S. House District 11 General 1 105,468 57.3%
1982 50 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 30,696 59.3%
1982 50 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 114,674 66.7%
1984 52 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 47,232 94.8%
1984 52 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 115,274 59.0%
1986 54 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,223 95.2%
1986 54 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 68,817 57.7%
1988 56 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 40,116 92.2%
1988 56 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 105,846 60.5%
1990 58 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 21,554 89.7%
1990 58 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 69,362 66.4%
1992 60 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,710 89.0%
1992 60 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 117,604 64.0%
1994 62 IN D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 13,848 60.6%
1994 62 IN D U.S. House District 10 General 1 58,573 53.5%


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



Ideology Data for Andy Jacobs, Jr.


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 33 House 4 94 88 6 D 95 8 91 84 18
1966 34 House 3 86 79 1 D 75 3 76 88 4
1967 35 House 9 81 79 7 D 75 6 82 73 7
1968 36 House 4 71 57 9 D 59 16 69 92 5
1969 37 House 16 82 80 16 R 57 38 90 80 20
1970 38 House 11 82 67 24 R 51 42 91 76 12
1971 39 House 9 86 78 17 R 30 67 91 89 32
1972 40 House 23 74 74 22 R 30 62 94 75 30
1975 43 House 24 70 65 30 R 34 63 94 74 36
1976 44 House 35 59 58 32 R 27 67 91 68 29
1977 45 House 40 57 54 43 D 59 39 97 75 34
1978 46 House 51 45 48 47 D 62 31 94 53 38
1979 47 House 56 40 44 54 D 59 40 95 68 53
1980 48 House 67 29 29 66 D 45 50 94 50 37
1981 49 House 25 75 73 24 R 36 64 96 90 27
1982 50 House 26 74 62 29 R 39 60 91 85 27
1983 51 House 31 64 61 31 R 23 68 88 94 19
1984 52 House 15 80 65 29 R 27 68 93 80 17
1985 53 House 27 71 53 44 R 35 65 95 84 26
1986 54 House 26 74 61 38 R 17 80 98 85 0
1987 55 House 19 81 61 36 R 18 82 97 96 4
1988 56 House 26 68 58 35 R 26 68 93 95 12
1989 57 House 37 61 48 47 R 27 67 94 85 36
1990 58 House 30 67 55 41 R 23 76 97 78 25
1991 59 House 32 65 61 34 R 27 68 93 84 20
1992 60 House 38 63 59 39 R 21 77 98 85 17
1993 61 House 39 59 54 46 D 59 41 99 95 22
1994 62 House 39 58 61 37 D 69 28 98 84 30
1995 63 House 39 59 67 29 D 68 31 95 70 40
1996 64 House 27 73 69 27 D 62 33 96 75 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   25%


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.