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John Lyle

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 4, 1910 in Boyd, TX
Died: November 11, 2003 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Texas and Houston Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1941-1944


Election Results for John Lyle


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 33 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 29,152 62.3%
1944 33 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 53,756 100.0%
1946 35 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 67,197 100.0%
1946 35 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 30,064 100.0%
1948 37 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 51,651 79.7%
1948 37 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 59,163 88.9%
1950 39 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 73,956 100.0%
1950 39 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 31,201 100.0%
1952 41 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 52,582 72.7%
1952 41 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 94,868 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Lyle


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
1945 34 House 70 16 D 84
1946 35 House 67 28 D 85
1947 36 House 97 3 D 98 83
1948 37 House 58 8 D 78 64
1949 38 House 59 27 D 88 77
1950 39 House 52 11 D 60 46
1951 40 House 66 22 D 81 50
1952 41 House 39 27 D 56 11
1953 42 House 47 26 R 64 75 38
1954 43 House 20 17 R 21 8 28 0


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.