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Jack Miller

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 6, 1916 in Chicago, IL
Died: August 29, 1994 in Temple Terrace, FL

Education:

  • Creighton University, 1938
  • Catholic University, 1939
  • Columbia University Law School, 1946

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1946
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • IRS counsel, 1947-1948
  • Assistant law professor at Notre Dame University, 1948-1949
  • U.S. Customs court judge, 1973-1982

Elected Office:

  • IA House, 1955-1956
  • IA Senate, 1957-1960


Election Results for Jack Miller


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 44 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 66,455 30.8%
1960 44 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 642,463 51.9%
1966 50 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 141,141 83.9%
1966 50 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 522,339 60.9%
1972 56 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 170,590 84.4%
1972 56 IA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 530,525 44.1%


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



Ideology Data for Jack Miller


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
1961 45 Senate 82 3 87 7 D 31 65 91 0 86
1962 46 Senate 79 3 77 8 D 36 55 84 8 88
1963 47 Senate 84 5 76 6 D 37 42 83 18 75
1964 48 Senate 63 20 69 20 D 38 46 87 42 81
1965 49 Senate 70 7 63 13 D 38 40 79 12 69
1966 50 Senate 74 7 71 8 D 31 38 72 10 82
1967 51 Senate 82 5 68 13 D 53 32 85 8 80
1968 52 Senate 74 16 73 17 D 65 22 86 14 88
1969 53 Senate 77 10 70 17 R 65 22 87 17 54
1970 54 Senate 76 13 67 23 R 77 21 95 10 91
1971 55 Senate 72 10 70 15 R 52 17 83 11 93
1972 56 Senate 73 11 70 14 R 70 11 80 20 55
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.