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John Monagan

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 23, 1911 in Waterbury, CT
Died: October 23, 2005 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Dartmouth College, 1933
  • Harvard University Law School, 1937

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Bank director

Elected Office:

  • Waterbury alderman, 1940-1943
  • Mayor of Waterbury, 1943-1948


Election Results for John Monagan


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 30 CT D U.S. House District 05 Special 2 19,664 43.9%
1958 46 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 72,604 53.8%
1960 48 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 88,310 55.1%
1962 50 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,321 58.5%
1964 52 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 133,072 67.3%
1966 54 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 96,801 59.1%
1968 56 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,337 56.3%
1970 58 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 1 96,947 54.7%
1972 60 CT D U.S. House District 05 General 2 112,142 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for John Monagan


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
1959 47 House 27 73 69 19 R 54 37 87 88
1960 48 House 11 84 76 22 R 56 40 95 100
1961 49 House 35 65 71 22 D 83 14 90 80 14
1962 50 House 19 75 70 25 D 75 20 96 88 0
1963 51 House 0 80 84 3 D 79 7 82 100 6
1964 52 House 17 83 76 8 D 87 6 87 100 13
1965 53 House 16 82 79 14 D 82 12 91 63 31
1966 54 House 11 70 73 11 D 77 9 84 76 16
1967 55 House 13 81 81 10 D 83 9 87 80 14
1968 56 House 35 59 65 20 D 76 15 89 58 13
1969 57 House 29 56 69 16 R 60 30 90 50 38
1970 58 House 18 61 67 21 R 60 26 80 80 6
1971 59 House 38 60 74 25 R 56 42 93 70 35
1972 60 House 41 46 63 25 R 51 27 82 53 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   19%


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.