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Sam Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1930 in San Antonio, TX
Died: May 27, 2020 in Plano, TX

Education:

  • Southern Methodist University, B.B.A., 1951
  • George Washington University, M.S.I.A., 1974

Military Service:

  • U.S. Air Force, 1950-1979
  • P.O.W. during the Vietnam War, 1966-1973
  • Decorated combat veteran, received two Silver Stars, two Legions of Merit, the Distinguished Flying Cross, one Bronze Star with Valor, two Purple Hearts, four Air Medals, and three outstanding unit awards

Career:

  • Businessman

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1985-1991


Election Results for Sam Johnson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1991 60 TX R U.S. House District 03 Special Open Primary 2 10,855 19.9%
1991 60 TX R U.S. House District 03 Special 1 24,004 52.6%
1992 61 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 44,920 83.1%
1992 61 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 201,569 86.1%
1994 63 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,546 88.8%
1994 63 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 157,011 91.0%
1996 65 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 142,325 73.0%
1998 67 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 14,621 100.0%
1998 67 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 106,690 91.2%
2000 69 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,802 93.5%
2000 69 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 187,486 71.6%
2002 71 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,153 84.3%
2002 71 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 113,974 73.9%
2004 73 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,429 84.1%
2004 73 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 180,099 85.6%
2006 75 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,348 85.3%
2006 75 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 88,690 62.5%
2008 77 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 36,050 86.9%
2008 77 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 170,742 59.7%
2010 79 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,661 100.0%
2010 79 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 101,180 66.3%
2012 81 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,592 83.1%
2012 81 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 187,180 100.0%
2014 83 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 31,178 80.6%
2014 83 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 113,404 82.0%
2016 85 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 65,451 74.6%
2016 85 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 193,684 61.2%


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



Ideology Data for Sam 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
1991 60 House 75 3 R 58 11 75 0 100
1992 61 House 94 0 85 9 R 84 12 95 11 100
1993 62 House 98 2 94 2 D 27 73 97 0 96
1994 63 House 97 3 95 2 D 37 63 98 0 100
1995 64 House 97 3 98 2 D 17 81 99 0 96
1996 65 House 98 2 95 4 D 37 61 96 5 100
1997 66 House 80 7 88 5 D 28 69 93 10 96
1998 67 House 90 2 91 4 D 20 78 92 0 100
1999 68 House 97 2 D 20 80 96 0 96
2000 69 House 95 2 D 26 70 95 0 100
2001 70 House 97 2 R 91 9 97 0 100
2002 71 House 96 2 R 86 11 95 0 100
2003 72 House 96 1 R 95 4 96 5 92
2004 73 House 91 1 R 81 6 93 0 100
2005 74 House 95 2 R 87 9 96 0 96
2006 75 House 82 2 R 71 13 84 7 88
2007 76 House 86 1 R 79 7 86 0 100
2008 77 House 97 1 R 78 19 96 0 96
2009 78 House 93 2 D 10 87 93 0 100
2010 79 House 92 1 D 24 68 94 0 100
2011 80 House 90 2 D 23 72 94 0 88
2012 81 House 94 3 D 14 85 95 0 96
2013 82 House 95 2 D 10 83 96 5 92
2014 83 House 91 1 D 8 85 92 0 96
2015 84 House 94 1 D 6 89 94 0 100
2016 85 House 87 1 D 6 77 87 0 95
2017 86 House 82 0 R 83 6 81 0 95
2018 87 House 96 0 R 96 4 90 0 96
Lifetime conservative rating:   97%


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.