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Paul Jones

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 12, 1901 in Kennett, MO
Died: February 10, 1981 in Kennett, MO

Education:

  • University of Missouri, B.J., 1923

Military Service:

  • MO State Guard, 1940-1946

Career:

  • Publisher of Dunklin Democrat, 1923-1953
  • MO Highway Commission, 1945-1948
  • Radio station manager, 1947-1966

Elected Office:

  • Kennett city council, 1931-1933
  • Mayor of Kennett, 1933-1935
  • MO House, 1935-1937
  • MO Senate, 1937-1944


Election Results for Paul Jones


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 47 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 13,478 37.9%
1948 47 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 67,564 71.6%
1948 47 MO D U.S. House District 10 Special 1 64,652 71.4%
1950 49 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 25,496 100.0%
1950 49 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 44,469 100.0%
1952 51 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,379 100.0%
1952 51 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 71,156 60.7%
1954 53 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 34,954 88.3%
1954 53 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 34,009 63.9%
1956 55 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 34,936 90.5%
1956 55 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 69,536 100.0%
1958 57 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 29,716 82.9%
1958 57 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 44,892 70.7%
1960 59 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 36,875 100.0%
1960 59 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 69,997 100.0%
1962 61 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 31,098 100.0%
1962 61 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 50,581 60.6%
1964 63 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 35,599 66.7%
1964 63 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 89,698 67.4%
1966 65 MO D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 32,605 75.9%
1966 65 MO D U.S. House District 10 General 1 48,985 61.0%


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



Ideology Data for Paul 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
1949 48 House 80 12 D 93 92
1950 49 House 73 19 D 83 33
1951 50 House 70 21 D 90 40
1952 51 House 59 25 D 75 58
1953 52 House 82 8 R 41 89 70
1954 53 House 67 20 R 45 47 89 63
1955 54 House 71 19 R 59 34 87 44
1956 55 House 88 13 R 44 50 96 57
1957 56 House 66 25 R 43 53 93 50
1958 57 House 43 16 R 38 34 72 40
1959 58 House 100 0 46 27 R 31 39 69 44
1960 59 House 47 42 69 27 R 47 53 97 33
1961 60 House 61 9 43 31 D 51 25 72 30 78
1962 61 House 37 44 61 25 D 65 22 81 50 36
1963 62 House 67 20 46 29 D 38 31 100 20 46
1964 63 House 67 0 40 29 D 40 33 70 30 55
1965 64 House 61 10 33 42 D 46 37 76 19 80
1966 65 House 84 0 14 64 D 28 45 76 0 79
1967 66 House 63 6 25 35 D 32 28 62 0 91
1968 67 House 57 2 21 44 D 32 28 66 13 81
Lifetime conservative rating:   69%


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.