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John Jarman

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 17, 1915 in Sallisaw, OK
Died: January 15, 1982 in Oklahoma City, OK

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1945

Elected Office:

  • OK House, 1947-1948
  • Ok Senate, 1949-1950

Other notes:

  • Changed party affiliation from Democrat to Republican on January 24, 1975


Election Results for John Jarman


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1950 34 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 45,464 48.7%
1950 34 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 51,829 52.5%
1950 34 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 72,877 58.8%
1952 36 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,293 84.4%
1952 36 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 128,627 62.4%
1954 38 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 82,243 84.6%
1954 38 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 72,380 66.0%
1956 40 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 51,755 84.5%
1956 40 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,416 63.7%
1958 42 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 84,840 87.2%
1958 42 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 79,917 82.3%
1960 44 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 72,178 88.1%
1960 44 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 125,286 66.6%
1962 46 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 90,392 68.9%
1964 48 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 92,689 82.8%
1964 48 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 130,014 70.8%
1966 50 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 68,179 71.1%
1966 50 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 96,464 69.6%
1968 52 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 32,839 74.0%
1968 52 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,420 73.6%
1970 54 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 62,034 73.1%
1972 56 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,785 65.0%
1972 56 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 69,710 60.4%
1974 58 OK D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,378 61.1%
1974 58 OK D U.S. House District 05 General 1 52,107 51.7%


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



Ideology Data for John Jarman


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
1951 35 House 67 30 D 96 46
1952 36 House 43 50 D 82 17
1953 37 House 53 45 R 67 96 36
1954 38 House 63 30 R 47 47 93 56
1955 39 House 58 39 R 46 49 96 40
1956 40 House 75 25 R 65 32 97 86
1957 41 House 68 27 R 62 38 97 44
1958 42 House 78 16 R 72 24 95 55
1959 43 House 91 9 69 27 R 48 50 97 56
1960 44 House 42 58 82 18 R 49 49 91 44
1961 45 House 70 30 76 21 D 77 22 96 20 40
1962 46 House 75 25 54 39 D 62 35 91 0 40
1963 47 House 73 7 62 34 D 68 25 92 25 64
1964 48 House 83 17 39 53 D 52 44 90 15 81
1965 49 House 67 25 41 53 D 54 39 93 18 88
1966 50 House 95 3 33 64 D 51 44 93 0 67
1967 51 House 96 4 24 75 D 50 50 96 0 93
1968 52 House 86 6 30 62 D 47 41 93 0 86
1969 53 House 76 9 29 58 R 47 40 90 14 92
1970 54 House 73 9 33 54 R 68 23 88 6 88
1971 55 House 78 4 17 65 R 60 16 81 10 100
1972 56 House 82 6 16 70 R 68 27 89 7 70
1973 57 House 83 11 19 74 R 72 21 90 4 82
1974 58 House 92 5 13 81 R 68 25 91 0 81
1975 59 House 80 6 75 13 R 74 10 84 0 89
1976 60 House 87 4 69 17 R 82 10 85 5 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.