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John Miller

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 23, 1938 in New York City, NY
Died: October 4, 2017 in Corte Madera, CA

Education:

  • Bucknell University, B.A., 1959
  • Yale University, M.A., LL.B., 1964

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1960
  • U.S. Army Reserve, 1961-1968

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant WA Attorney General, 1965-1968
  • Adjunct professor at University of Puget Sound, 1981-1984

Elected Office:

  • Seattle city council, 1972-1980


Election Results for John Miller


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 42 WA I Attorney General Open Primary 3 115,570 13.1%
1980 42 WA I Attorney General General 2 631,415 38.0%
1984 46 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 2 23,802 19.6%
1984 46 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 147,926 56.3%
1986 48 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 44,694 43.4%
1986 48 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,969 51.4%
1988 50 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 69,516 51.3%
1988 50 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 152,265 55.4%
1990 52 WA R U.S. House District 01 Open Primary 1 41,976 52.1%
1990 52 WA R U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,339 52.0%


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



Ideology Data for John 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
1985 47 House 62 36 65 32 R 64 36 97 25 68
1986 48 House 58 40 60 36 R 56 43 98 40 55
1987 49 House 63 33 57 38 R 52 48 96 48 41
1988 50 House 66 26 50 45 R 44 51 96 65 36
1989 51 House 63 37 46 51 R 59 36 98 35 68
1990 52 House 57 39 68 28 R 55 43 95 39 46
1991 53 House 65 27 69 26 R 63 33 96 28 70
1992 54 House 81 8 71 16 R 60 28 87 53 62
Lifetime conservative rating:   55%


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.