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John McCormack

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 21, 1891 in Boston, MA
Died: November 22, 1980 in Dedham, MA

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1918

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • MA House, 1920-1922
  • MA Senate, 1923-1926


Election Results for John McCormack


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 44 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 38,579 64.8%
1936 44 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 78,711 68.7%
1938 46 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 61,641 100.0%
1938 46 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 86,618 77.1%
1940 48 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 42,728 65.7%
1940 48 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 97,588 78.1%
1942 50 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 37,031 76.8%
1942 50 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 76,043 78.7%
1944 52 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 28,709 67.8%
1944 52 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 97,469 75.8%
1946 54 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 40,483 100.0%
1946 54 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 92,622 100.0%
1948 56 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 125,015 100.0%
1950 58 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 57,912 88.4%
1950 58 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 102,940 84.0%
1952 60 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 49,384 68.4%
1952 60 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 111,986 82.2%
1954 62 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 43,647 100.0%
1954 62 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 79,073 100.0%
1956 64 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 39,556 100.0%
1956 64 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 89,943 82.5%
1958 66 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 36,702 100.0%
1958 66 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 72,523 100.0%
1960 68 MA D U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 40,452 100.0%
1960 68 MA D U.S. House District 12 General 1 86,057 100.0%
1962 70 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 58,864 100.0%
1962 70 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 105,565 100.0%
1964 72 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 64,873 100.0%
1964 72 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 118,385 80.3%
1966 74 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 53,817 100.0%
1966 74 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 87,879 100.0%
1968 76 MA D U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 29,151 100.0%
1968 76 MA D U.S. House District 09 General 1 77,347 82.9%


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



Ideology Data for John McCormack


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 45 House 85 8 D 91
1938 46 House 83 10 D 95
1939 47 House 86 12 D 97
1940 48 House 84 10 D 92
1941 49 House 91 4 D 96
1942 50 House 90 5 D 90
1943 51 House 73 13 D 85
1944 52 House 90 3 D 94
1945 53 House 94 0 D 93
1946 54 House 93 2 D 78
1947 55 House 92 8 D 92 100
1948 56 House 86 6 D 84 92
1949 57 House 85 11 D 94 92
1950 58 House 89 7 D 85 80
1951 59 House 96 3 D 91 100
1952 60 House 95 0 D 92 92
1953 61 House 74 21 R 66 86 100
1954 62 House 87 3 R 45 45 83 78
1955 63 House 100 0 R 71 29 100 100
1956 64 House 78 16 R 62 35 96 100
1957 65 House 71 7 R 67 15 79 100
1958 66 House 84 3 R 58 20 81 83
1959 67 House 18 73 100 0 R 39 54 94 89
1960 68 House 21 79 80 12 R 51 35 91 100
1961 69 House 9 87 93 5 D 95 0 97 90 7
1962 70 House 0 0 D 0 0 1 0
1963 71 House 0 0 D 0 0 1 0
1964 72 House 0 0 D 0 0 0 0
1965 73 House 0 0 D 0 0 1 0
1966 74 House 0 0 D 0 0 1 0
1967 75 House 0 0 D 0 0 0 0
1968 76 House 0 0 D 0 0 0 0
1969 77 House 0 0 R 0 0 0 0
1970 78 House 0 0 R 0 0 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   7%


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.