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Robert Jones

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 12, 1912 in Scottsboro, AL
Died: June 4, 1997 in Florence, AL

Education:

  • University of Alabama Law School, 1937

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Jackson County judge, 1940-1946


Election Results for Robert Jones


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1947 35 AL D U.S. House District 08 Special Primary 1 6,077 22.7%
1947 35 AL D U.S. House District 08 Special Primary Runoff 1 17,027 60.2%
1947 35 AL D U.S. House District 08 Special 1 8,218 100.0%
1948 36 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 19,060 88.4%
1950 38 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 13,742 100.0%
1952 40 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 41,293 87.3%
1954 42 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 29,414 91.6%
1956 44 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 43,671 80.7%
1958 46 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 22,710 100.0%
1960 48 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 52,411 79.2%
1962 50 AL D U.S. House At-Large District General 7 258,674 58.1%
1964 52 AL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 50,811 68.6%
1964 52 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 43,842 100.0%
1966 54 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 65,982 72.2%
1968 56 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 85,528 76.1%
1970 58 AL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 76,413 84.8%
1972 60 AL D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,440 78.2%
1972 60 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,303 74.2%
1974 62 AL D U.S. House District 05 General 1 56,375 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Robert 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
1947 35 House 92 5 D 96 92
1948 36 House 94 6 D 97 77
1949 37 House 76 24 D 93 77
1950 38 House 86 11 D 96 60
1951 39 House 84 16 D 99 58
1952 40 House 84 11 D 95 77
1953 41 House 92 8 R 50 96 73
1954 42 House 87 10 R 47 45 95 89
1955 43 House 90 6 R 61 37 99 89
1956 44 House 84 13 R 59 38 97 71
1957 45 House 92 8 R 68 32 99 78
1958 46 House 86 14 R 66 34 99 73
1959 47 House 64 36 90 6 R 35 61 94 67
1960 48 House 26 58 76 10 R 35 56 85 78
1961 49 House 30 70 95 3 D 92 6 95 90 20
1962 50 House 19 63 74 4 D 68 7 67 63 33
1963 51 House 47 40 74 7 D 73 6 82 73 29
1964 52 House 8 33 35 5 D 38 10 36 73 22
1965 53 House 35 47 66 17 D 63 16 80 38 50
1966 54 House 51 46 69 20 D 75 18 89 38 23
1967 55 House 48 37 66 20 D 73 17 89 29 38
1968 56 House 31 55 67 15 D 66 18 82 45 13
1969 57 House 44 42 69 27 R 64 28 88 14 53
1970 58 House 55 34 69 22 R 52 37 85 18 56
1971 59 House 59 24 46 33 R 60 28 79 25 69
1972 60 House 56 32 57 30 R 54 35 85 27 50
1973 61 House 53 32 58 26 R 39 39 81 33 48
1974 62 House 51 26 55 24 R 47 32 80 28 50
1975 63 House 44 35 57 22 R 38 46 77 37* 29
1976 64 House 36 31 53 19 R 39 51 72 27 37
Lifetime conservative rating:   37%


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.