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Albert Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 17, 1906 in Smethport, PA
Died: September 1, 1998 in Boca Raton, FL

Education:

  • Attended University of Pennsylvania, 1926-1929
  • Stetson University, LL.B., 1938

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • Smethport borough council, 1933-1934
  • PA House, 1947-1963


Election Results for Albert Johnson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1963 57 PA R U.S. House District 23 Special 1 64,137 58.4%
1964 58 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 31,875 69.3%
1964 58 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 76,575 54.9%
1966 60 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 81,658 62.8%
1968 62 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 87,968 61.5%
1970 64 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 70,074 57.9%
1972 66 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 30,365 61.5%
1972 66 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 90,615 56.5%
1974 68 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 21,540 55.0%
1974 68 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 1 67,192 52.7%
1976 70 PA R U.S. House District 23 Primary 1 26,690 52.3%
1976 70 PA R U.S. House District 23 General 2 73,641 43.5%


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



Ideology Data for Albert Johnson


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
1963 57 House 50 25 92 8 D 27 73 96 0 100
1964 58 House 100 0 84 13 D 40 56 93 8 88
1965 59 House 86 10 76 16 D 43 51 95 0 94
1966 60 House 76 3 78 5 D 41 50 85 0 77
1967 61 House 83 7 82 12 D 48 45 90 7 100
1968 62 House 80 14 79 16 D 54 40 96 0 91
1969 63 House 82 11 75 20 R 60 32 92 0 69
1970 64 House 82 5 67 21 R 71 15 84 6 83
1971 65 House 86 1 79 11 R 70 11 92 9 85
1972 66 House 80 13 74 19 R 76 16 90 0 70
1973 67 House 86 9 79 15 R 72 22 91 0 84
1974 68 House 70 17 65 23 R 68 11 86 9* 60
1975 69 House 73 15 68 21 R 76 21 89 11* 69
1976 70 House 75 10 71 16 R 59 22 84 0 85
Lifetime conservative rating:   81%


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.