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John Kunkel

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 21, 1898 in Harrisburg, PA
Died: July 27, 1970 in Harrisburg, PA

Education:

  • Yale University, 1916 - Harvard University Law School, 1926

Military Service:

  • Students' Army Training Corps, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Banker
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • Dauphin County commissioner, 1952-1956


Election Results for John Kunkel


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 39 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 77,354 55.0%
1940 41 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 74,420 54.4%
1942 43 PA R U.S. House District 19 General 1 62,119 66.0%
1944 45 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 81,814 62.5%
1946 47 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 77,349 69.0%
1948 49 PA R U.S. House District 18 General 1 81,704 63.7%
1961 62 PA R U.S. House District 16 Special 1 43,220 65.6%
1962 63 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 90,113 66.7%
1964 65 PA R U.S. House District 16 General 1 90,331 64.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Kunkel


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
1939 40 House 78 14 D 90
1940 41 House 74 19 D 92
1941 42 House 78 20 D 90
1942 43 House 75 25 D 90
1943 44 House 79 21 D 97
1944 45 House 70 23 D 88
1945 46 House 64 20 D 82
1946 47 House 67 30 D 94
1947 48 House 95 3 D 92 8
1948 49 House 92 6 D 91 15
1949 50 House 73 15 D 85 0
1950 51 House 75 10 D 64 17
1961 62 House 71 29 74 26 D 51 47 99 17 42
1962 63 House 37 63 67 33 D 67 33 100 50 53
1963 64 House 60 40 64 28 D 46 48 94 17 88
1964 65 House 50 50 74 26 D 54 46 99 15 69
1965 66 House 59 39 62 30 D 54 40 96 22 71
1966 67 House 76 24 81 19 D 50 50 98 12 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.