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Jack Kemp

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 13, 1935 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: May 2, 2009 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Occidental College, B.A., 1957

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1958-1962 (active duty, 1958)

Career:

  • Professional football player, 1957-1970
  • Assistant to CA Gov. Ronald Reagan, 1967
  • Staff member of RNC, 1969
  • U.S. Secretary of Housing & Urban Development, 1989-1993

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for Republican nomination for President, 1988
  • Candidate for Vice-President, 1996


Election Results for Jack Kemp


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 34 NY R U.S. House District 39 General 1 96,989 51.6%
1972 36 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 156,967 73.2%
1974 38 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 126,687 72.1%
1976 40 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 165,702 78.2%
1978 42 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 113,928 94.8%
1980 44 NY R U.S. House District 38 General 1 167,434 81.6%
1982 46 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 133,462 75.3%
1984 48 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 168,332 75.0%
1986 50 NY R U.S. House District 31 General 1 92,508 57.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Kemp


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
1971 35 House 82 11 79 16 R 81 14 88 17 95
1972 36 House 74 18 69 24 R 76 22 92 27 60
1973 37 House 74 18 71 21 R 61 29 92 13 88
1974 38 House 66 26 69 25 R 72 26 95 17 67
1975 39 House 84 6 83 8 R 66 30 92 5 94
1976 40 House 91 5 91 5 R 73 22 95 16 81
1977 41 House 86 8 85 9 D 34 57 89 11 100
1978 42 House 83 9 79 11 D 33 53 86 16 96
1979 43 House 79 10 78 11 D 26 63 86 12 97
1980 44 House 71 14 76 15 D 37 52 85 6 82
1981 45 House 71 11 72 11 R 75 18 82 12 83
1982 46 House 81 14 68 23 R 71 22 86 16 90
1983 47 House 83 10 75 16 R 77 21 89 10 90
1984 48 House 85 12 73 14 R 65 28 86 11 90
1985 49 House 85 11 71 17 R 79 18 88 10 79
1986 50 House 72 10 52 29 R 69 26 81 17 89
1987 51 House 44 0 28 2 R 37 11 31 13 95
1988 52 House 58 3 32 4 R 36 11 39 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   89%


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.