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John McMillan

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 12, 1898 near Mullins, SC
Died: September 3, 1979 in Florence, SC

Education:

  • Attended University of South Carolina Law School


Election Results for John McMillan


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 40 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 5,707 99.2%
1940 42 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,969 65.3%
1940 42 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 12,074 99.0%
1942 44 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 29,629 67.8%
1942 44 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 2,905 100.0%
1944 46 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 14,164 98.0%
1946 48 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 5,671 96.9%
1948 50 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 21,703 97.1%
1950 52 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 7,131 100.0%
1952 54 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 41,328 100.0%
1954 56 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 31,141 98.9%
1956 58 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 39,749 100.0%
1958 60 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 12,862 100.0%
1960 62 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 49,780 100.0%
1962 64 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 46,726 81.4%
1962 64 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 36,811 100.0%
1964 66 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 49,398 65.0%
1966 68 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 43,090 61.7%
1968 70 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 48,918 67.7%
1968 70 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 58,304 58.3%
1970 72 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,192 49.6%
1970 72 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 46,030 71.2%
1970 72 SC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 46,966 64.1%
1972 74 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 38,542 43.9%
1972 74 SC D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 35,211 49.4%


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



Ideology Data for John McMillan


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 41 House 87 12 D 97
1940 42 House 80 14 D 92
1941 43 House 80 11 D 93
1942 44 House 60 30 D 92
1943 45 House 77 15 D 95
1944 46 House 57 23 D 89
1945 47 House 58 14 D 73
1946 48 House 41 34 D 73
1947 49 House 74 21 D 90 58
1948 50 House 69 25 D 89 75
1949 51 House 42 39 D 84 18
1950 52 House 51 23 D 83 18
1951 53 House 40 40 D 78 17
1952 54 House 32 50 D 75 17
1953 55 House 55 24 R 60 83 50
1954 56 House 60 30 R 42 45 91 33
1955 57 House 58 42 R 54 46 97 30
1956 58 House 59 25 R 38 56 89 0
1957 59 House 56 36 R 22 68 87 0
1958 60 House 49 43 R 20 68 86 10
1959 61 House 100 0 60 29 R 28 57 90 33
1960 62 House 95 5 35 49 R 26 56 88 0
1961 63 House 78 4 41 43 D 35 54 89 11 73
1962 64 House 75 6 37 39 D 32 42 77 0 83
1963 65 House 100 0 46 41 D 51 41 88 27 80
1964 66 House 93 8 50 32 D 58 27 82 25 53
1965 67 House 96 0 21 65 D 36 47 83 0 88
1966 68 House 49 3 13 34 D 21 27 42 0 86
1967 69 House 78 7 37 48 D 48 41 87 13 92
1968 70 House 67 0 20 46 D 36 30 67 18 78
1969 71 House 76 2 24 49 R 43 30 80 7 100
1970 72 House 43 0 25 28 R 38 32 60 9 75
1971 73 House 74 7 31 52 R 65 16 82 6 93
1972 74 House 48 4 16 33 R 32 16 48 0 80
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.