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Ed Jenkins

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 4, 1933 in Young Harris, GA
Died: January 1, 2012 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • University of Georgia, LL.B., 1959

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard, 1952-1955

Career:

  • Federal Bureau of Investigation, 1951
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to Rep. Phil Landrum, 1959-1962
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for Northern GA, 1962-1964
  • Pickens County attorney, 1968-1972


Election Results for Ed Jenkins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1976 43 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 33,491 27.9%
1976 43 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary Runoff 1 58,905 55.1%
1976 43 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 113,245 79.0%
1978 45 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 50,319 64.5%
1978 45 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 47,264 76.9%
1980 47 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 102,134 100.0%
1980 47 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 115,576 68.0%
1982 49 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 64,037 77.9%
1982 49 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 86,514 77.0%
1984 51 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 96,383 100.0%
1984 51 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 109,422 67.5%
1986 53 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 70,484 88.4%
1986 53 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 84,303 100.0%
1988 55 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 121,800 62.9%
1990 57 GA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 87,149 100.0%
1990 57 GA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 96,197 55.8%


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



Ideology Data for Ed Jenkins


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
1977 44 House 77 13 43 47 D 53 33 92 19 63
1978 45 House 59 12 36 44 D 44 34 79 7 50
1979 46 House 81 16 47 46 D 54 38 91 11 51
1980 47 House 81 13 43 52 D 50 42 90 6 74
1981 48 House 91 4 42 53 R 58 34 94 11 58
1982 49 House 77 15 47 44 R 40 49 89 32 60
1983 50 House 79 12 47 39 R 49 38 86 33 89
1984 51 House 66 19 57 33 R 42 46 90 37 41
1985 52 House 76 22 69 26 R 48 50 96 26 56
1986 53 House 70 16 65 28 R 41 52 94 41 58
1987 54 House 88 5 66 24 R 40 53 92 48 18
1988 55 House 87 11 68 26 R 38 59 93 47 54
1989 56 House 78 10 63 25 R 47 47 90 42 50
1990 57 House 87 9 62 30 R 44 51 92 39 54
1991 58 House 84 5 72 19 R 45 50 93 26 25
1992 59 House 71 23 76 17 R 31 65 93 79 30
Lifetime conservative rating:   52%


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.