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Thomas Jenkins

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 28, 1880 in Oak Hill, OH
Died: December 21, 1959 in Worthington, OH

Education:

  • Providence University, 1901
  • Ohio State University Law School, 1907

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Lawrence County prosecutor, 1916-1920

Elected Office:

  • OH Senate, 1923-1924


Election Results for Thomas Jenkins


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 55 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,751 67.6%
1936 55 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 46,965 57.7%
1938 57 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,520 83.1%
1938 57 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 47,036 66.0%
1940 59 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,887 100.0%
1940 59 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 48,217 58.9%
1942 61 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 18,666 72.4%
1942 61 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 29,691 64.2%
1944 63 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 20,852 100.0%
1944 63 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 43,388 64.4%
1946 65 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 14,609 100.0%
1946 65 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 35,406 66.6%
1948 67 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 20,199 65.3%
1948 67 OH R U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 10,700 78.8%
1948 67 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 38,330 57.9%
1950 69 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 18,290 78.3%
1950 69 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 39,584 65.2%
1952 71 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,949 100.0%
1952 71 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 63,339 64.0%
1954 73 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 22,744 100.0%
1954 73 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 45,277 61.7%
1956 75 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 28,890 83.5%
1956 75 OH R U.S. House District 10 General 1 71,295 100.0%
1958 77 OH R U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 12,514 42.5%


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



Ideology Data for Thomas 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
1937 56 House 81 12 D 93
1938 57 House 90 5 D 80
1939 58 House 88 9 D 89
1940 59 House 93 3 D 89
1941 60 House 93 4 D 88
1942 61 House 70 10 D 86
1943 62 House 94 6 D 98
1944 63 House 87 13 D 94
1945 64 House 96 4 D 95
1946 65 House 95 5 D 97
1947 66 House 97 3 D 94 0
1948 67 House 86 11 D 77 25
1949 68 House 94 2 D 90 0
1950 69 House 86 7 D 86 0
1951 70 House 91 9 D 95 8
1952 71 House 89 11 D 94 8
1953 72 House 71 24 R 63 93 9
1954 73 House 97 3 R 79 16 96 22
1955 74 House 87 6 R 63 34 92 20
1956 75 House 75 13 R 62 21 88 43
1957 76 House 76 17 R 47 47 94 11
1958 77 House 14 3 R 20 10 36 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.