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Ed Jones

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 20, 1912 in Yorkville, TN
Died: December 11, 1999 in Dyer, TN

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, B.S., 1934

Career:

  • TN Dairy Products Association, 1941-1943
  • Agricultural agent for Illinois Central Railroad, 1944-1969

Elected Office:

  • TN Agriculture Commissioner, 1949-1953


Election Results for Ed Jones


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1969 57 TN D U.S. House District 08 Special 1 33,028 47.6%
1970 58 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 66,590 100.0%
1972 60 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 59,222 100.0%
1972 60 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 92,419 70.5%
1974 62 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 54,591 71.5%
1974 62 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 83,231 100.0%
1976 64 TN D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 56,058 59.4%
1976 64 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 105,832 100.0%
1978 66 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 96,863 72.9%
1980 68 TN D U.S. House District 07 General 1 133,606 77.3%
1982 70 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 67,092 67.8%
1982 70 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 93,945 74.9%
1984 72 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 118,653 100.0%
1986 74 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 101,699 80.4%


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



Ideology Data for Ed Jones


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
1969 57 House 49 19 51 21 R 33 44 78 44 77
1970 58 House 57 18 49 33 R 42 35 73 13 56
1971 59 House 56 13 30 41 R 51 21 71 31 75
1972 60 House 71 10 29 44 R 43 35 70 13 78
1973 61 House 80 13 46 47 R 42 44 88 27 59
1974 62 House 55 15 37 36 R 40 32 71 13* 60
1975 63 House 67 23 49 40 R 31 60 88 11* 53
1976 64 House 52 17 42 30 R 37 27 69 17 52
1977 65 House 62 31 60 32 D 63 30 91 30 42
1978 66 House 67 22 49 42 D 40 48 89 20 57
1979 67 House 74 19 59 34 D 61 36 95 33 29
1980 68 House 76 19 59 31 D 57 36 91 29 42
1981 69 House 84 11 58 37 R 58 41 94 25 50
1982 70 House 52 23 59 25 R 29 43 78 40 38
1983 71 House 65 25 61 23 R 37 51 85 58 43
1984 72 House 64 25 68 19 R 40 46 87 56 18
1985 73 House 75 18 78 19 R 45 54 95 35 42
1986 74 House 68 22 69 16 R 29 63 88 53 29
1987 75 House 79 21 76 16 R 36 59 92 46 18
1988 76 House 37 21 57 7 R 21 40 63 56 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   45%


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.