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John Lewis

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 21, 1940 in Troy, AL
Died: July 17, 2020 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • American Baptist Theological Seminary, B.A., 1961
  • Fisk University, B.A., 1963

Career:

  • Chairman, Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee, 1963-1966

Elected Office:

  • Atlanta city council, 1982-1986


Election Results for John Lewis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1977 37 GA D U.S. House District 05 Special Open Primary 2 21,531 28.6%
1977 37 GA D U.S. House District 05 Special 2 32,732 37.6%
1986 46 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 23,622 34.7%
1986 46 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 35,142 52.0%
1986 46 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 93,229 75.3%
1988 48 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 135,194 78.2%
1990 50 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 76,470 100.0%
1990 50 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,037 75.6%
1992 52 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,971 76.3%
1992 52 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 147,445 72.1%
1994 54 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 38,079 100.0%
1994 54 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,094 69.1%
1996 56 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 40,924 100.0%
1996 56 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 136,555 100.0%
1998 58 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,490 100.0%
1998 58 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 101,977 77.3%
2000 60 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 23,487 100.0%
2000 60 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 137,333 77.2%
2002 62 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,842 100.0%
2002 62 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 116,230 100.0%
2004 64 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 62,114 100.0%
2004 64 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 201,773 100.0%
2006 66 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 49,993 100.0%
2006 66 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 122,380 100.0%
2008 68 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,713 69.0%
2008 68 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 231,368 100.0%
2010 70 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 44,379 100.0%
2010 70 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 130,782 73.7%
2012 72 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 69,985 80.8%
2012 72 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 234,330 84.4%
2014 74 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 48,001 100.0%
2014 74 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 170,326 100.0%
2016 76 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 47,313 100.0%
2016 76 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 253,781 84.4%
2018 78 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 80,860 100.0%
2018 78 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 275,406 100.0%
2020 80 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 142,541 87.6%


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



Ideology Data for John Lewis


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
1987 47 House 12 88 93 4 R 13 85 97 96 0
1988 48 House 5 92 93 3 R 13 82 96 100 0
1989 49 House 0 100 98 2 R 28 72 99 100 4
1990 50 House 6 94 95 5 R 16 84 100 100 4
1991 51 House 3 89 96 2 R 22 71 96 100 0
1992 52 House 6 83 95 1 R 11 81 97 95 0
1993 53 House 9 91 98 2 D 79 21 99 100 0
1994 54 House 6 94 93 3 D 71 26 96 100 5
1995 55 House 6 91 94 2 D 83 13 96 100 9
1996 56 House 10 88 97 2 D 84 16 99 100 0
1997 57 House 16 80 96 3 D 77 20 98 95 4
1998 58 House 5 67 82 1 D 74 11 81 100 0
1999 59 House 94 2 D 74 17 93 100 0
2000 60 House 93 4 D 70 26 96 100 4
2001 61 House 94 2 R 14 81 95 100 0
2002 62 House 87 3 R 18 68 84 94 0
2003 63 House 92 1 R 13 84 93 95 9
2004 64 House 93 2 R 21 76 97 100 4
2005 65 House 83 1 R 9 87 86 100 0
2006 66 House 82 1 R 11 74 84 100 5
2007 67 House 95 2 R 6 94 96 85 0
2008 68 House 95 1 R 16 78 95 100 4
2009 69 House 77 1 D 72 6 80 100 0
2010 70 House 97 0 D 78 17 95 100 0
2011 71 House 94 3 D 80 17 94 100 8
2012 72 House 92 1 D 88 5 92 100 0
2013 73 House 88 2 D 83 9 90 94 4
2014 74 House 84 1 D 82 9 85 100 11
2015 75 House 90 1 D 88 6 91 100 0
2016 76 House 95 1 D 96 0 94 100 0
2017 77 House 99 0 R 8 89 97 100 7
2018 78 House 89 1 R 11 85 89 100 4
2019 79 House 97 0 R 4 92 97 95 0
2020 80 House 19 0 R 0 31 17 100 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.