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John McClellan

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 25, 1896 in Sheridan, AR
Died: November 28, 1977 in Little Rock, AR

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Signal Corps, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Prosecutor, 1927-1930


Election Results for John McClellan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 40 AR D U.S. House District 06 General 1 25,736 100.0%
1938 42 AR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 2 134,708 47.3%
1942 46 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 53,729 31.8%
1942 46 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 134,277 61.7%
1942 46 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 99,124 100.0%
1948 52 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 301,256 100.0%
1948 52 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 216,401 93.2%
1954 58 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 164,905 50.6%
1954 58 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 291,058 100.0%
1960 64 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 0 0.0%
1966 70 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 310,526 77.2%
1966 70 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 0 0.0%
1972 76 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 220,588 44.7%
1972 76 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 242,983 52.0%
1972 76 AR D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 386,398 60.9%


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



Ideology Data for John McClellan


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
1937 41 House 56 20 D 78
1938 42 House 52 17 D 70
1945 49 Senate 53 29 D 85
1946 50 Senate 45 54 D 98
1947 51 Senate 72 28 D 98 60
1948 52 Senate 76 20 D 94 40
1949 53 Senate 43 51 D 95 7
1950 54 Senate 58 39 D 96 6
1951 55 Senate 50 39 D 84 25
1952 56 Senate 54 28 D 87 29
1953 57 Senate 60 40 R 47 99 33
1954 58 Senate 56 16 R 26 45 65 18
1955 59 Senate 69 19 R 54 25 82 22
1956 60 Senate 68 28 R 26 71 97 36
1957 61 Senate 79 13 R 47 44 86 25
1958 62 Senate 62 22 R 37 42 82 18
1959 63 Senate 97 0 38 50 R 47 37 87 8
1960 64 Senate 96 2 37 58 R 55 40 89 0
1961 65 Senate 89 2 31 59 D 35 57 91 0 92
1962 66 Senate 76 3 41 45 D 43 39 87 0 100
1963 67 Senate 93 5 48 46 D 36 50 99 6 80
1964 68 Senate 84 6 37 50 D 43 36 93 6 81
1965 69 Senate 75 3 31 56 D 36 48 87 6 92
1966 70 Senate 89 3 27 60 D 50 37 83 0 65
1967 71 Senate 95 0 35 50 D 56 35 90 15 93
1968 72 Senate 89 7 38 47 D 37 48 83 0 73
1969 73 Senate 83 4 33 52 R 47 39 85 13 67
1970 74 Senate 83 7 26 61 R 65 25 85 0 94
1971 75 Senate 78 13 47 45 R 49 45 91 31 70
1972 76 Senate 64 9 24 43 R 61 13 70 12 75
1973 77 Senate 89 6 35 59 R 56 38 94 16 71
1974 78 Senate 93 6 25 73 R 58 42 97 10 63
1975 79 Senate 89 6 30 62 R 68 25 90 6* 67
1976 80 Senate 67 6 14 60 R 75 14 76 0 80
1977 81 Senate 12 2 9 12 D 30 7 23 29 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.