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Jim Jones

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 5, 1939 in Muskogee, OK

Education:

  • University of Oklahoma, A.B., 1961
  • Georgetown University, LL.B., 1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Counterintelligence Corps, 1964-1965
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1961-1968

Career:

  • Assistant to Rep. Ed Edmondson, 1961-1964
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant to President Johnson, 1965-1969
  • Chairman of American Stock Exchange, 1989-1993
  • U.S. Ambassador to Mexico, 1993-1997


Election Results for Jim Jones


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 31 OK D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,836 75.0%
1970 31 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 2 53,598 44.3%
1972 33 OK D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,306 80.3%
1972 33 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 91,864 54.5%
1974 35 OK D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 52,806 81.4%
1974 35 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 88,159 67.9%
1976 37 OK D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,912 79.7%
1976 37 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,945 54.0%
1978 39 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 73,886 59.9%
1980 41 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 115,381 58.4%
1982 43 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,379 54.1%
1984 45 OK D U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,919 52.2%
1986 47 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 324,907 67.4%
1986 47 OK D U.S. Senate Class 3 General 2 400,230 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for Jim 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
1973 34 House 71 25 50 46 R 45 48 95 29 60
1974 35 House 74 15 33 56 R 66 25 90 25 56
1975 36 House 72 20 40 49 R 55 37 91 17 67
1976 37 House 80 11 32 60 R 51 43 89 32 85
1977 38 House 84 15 37 61 D 41 56 96 5 63
1978 39 House 82 15 39 59 D 52 46 96 25 79
1979 40 House 67 23 50 41 D 59 35 90 32 45
1980 41 House 65 33 66 31 D 63 32 94 39 22
1981 42 House 72 25 62 33 R 58 41 96 39 25
1982 43 House 63 32 63 32 R 51 47 96 53 41
1983 44 House 64 34 65 32 R 45 52 97 55 41
1984 45 House 69 31 59 40 R 52 45 96 40 43
1985 46 House 71 29 67 29 R 40 60 96 40 42
1986 47 House 72 20 51 29 R 33 56 80 33 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   54%


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.