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Walter Jones

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 19, 1913 in Fayetteville, NC
Died: September 15, 1992 in Norfolk, VA

Education:

  • North Carolina State University, B.S., 1934

Career:

  • Businessman, 1934-1949

Elected Office:

  • Mayor of Farmville (NC), 1949-1953
  • NC House, 1955-1959
  • NC Senate, 1965-1966

Other notes:

  • Father of Walter Jones, Jr.


Election Results for Walter Jones


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 46 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 2 19,581 41.6%
1966 52 NC D U.S. House District 01 Special Primary 1 25,939 66.0%
1966 52 NC D U.S. House District 01 Special 1 21,773 60.3%
1966 52 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 43,539 61.3%
1968 54 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,354 76.6%
1968 54 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 75,796 66.2%
1970 56 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 49,262 87.1%
1970 56 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 41,674 70.2%
1972 58 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 77,438 68.8%
1974 60 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 58,652 89.7%
1974 60 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 55,323 77.5%
1976 62 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 47,616 66.8%
1976 62 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 98,611 75.9%
1978 64 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 62,824 82.0%
1978 64 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 67,716 80.1%
1980 66 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 66,382 79.4%
1980 66 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 108,738 100.0%
1982 68 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 72,290 82.9%
1982 68 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 79,954 81.3%
1984 70 NC D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 68,229 61.5%
1984 70 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 122,815 67.1%
1986 72 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 91,122 69.5%
1988 74 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 118,027 65.2%
1990 76 NC D U.S. House District 01 General 1 105,832 64.8%


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



Ideology Data for Walter 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
1966 52 House 62 3 16 47 D 27 40 65 7 83
1967 53 House 83 6 28 60 D 46 47 87 7 100
1968 54 House 80 8 29 56 D 41 41 81 8 73
1969 55 House 93 2 25 64 R 36 57 93 7 87
1970 56 House 86 11 49 47 R 55 37 90 11 78
1971 57 House 76 14 38 52 R 67 28 92 23 78
1972 58 House 84 13 28 67 R 49 46 94 19 70
1973 59 House 79 13 44 50 R 52 42 92 17 67
1974 60 House 73 13 37 42 R 42 47 79 14 74
1975 61 House 72 21 49 45 R 35 60 93 22 61
1976 62 House 78 11 34 53 R 45 35 89 11 72
1977 63 House 75 18 50 44 D 59 34 95 11 54
1978 64 House 77 18 48 45 D 42 48 88 25 63
1979 65 House 76 10 52 34 D 45 35 81 13 53
1980 66 House 61 23 56 24 D 50 31 84 29 63
1981 67 House 40 15 47 20 R 37 30 59 46 27
1982 68 House 56 32 65 22 R 39 44 81 44 47
1983 69 House 62 29 70 19 R 38 57 85 60 26
1984 70 House 49 41 70 12 R 30 50 80 61 20
1985 71 House 38 49 76 7 R 20 74 85 74 5
1986 72 House 56 30 76 11 R 27 62 87 65 22
1987 73 House 28 33 76 5 R 15 57 80 75 0
1988 74 House 37 47 83 6 R 19 72 88 80 17
1989 75 House 34 54 78 11 R 36 51 91 74 26
1990 76 House 57 41 80 12 R 28 66 94 53 39
1991 77 House 78 19 80 14 R 40 55 94 44 28
1992 78 House 52 48 81 9 R 24 70 89 75 15
Lifetime conservative rating:   50%


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.