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John Moss

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 13, 1915 in Hiawatha, UT
Died: December 5, 1997 in San Francisco, CA

Education:

  • Attended Sacramento Junior College, 1931-1933

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Salesman/retail businessman, 1938-1943
  • Real estate broker, 1945-1984

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1949-1952


Election Results for John Moss


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 37 CA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 14,244 28.5%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,381 41.5%
1952 37 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 87,335 50.8%
1954 39 CA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 21,283 46.0%
1954 39 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 64,210 90.1%
1954 39 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 96,238 65.3%
1956 41 CA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 23,426 46.6%
1956 41 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 73,871 91.8%
1956 41 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 132,930 68.6%
1958 43 CA R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 30,841 53.8%
1958 43 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 95,238 94.9%
1958 43 CA D,R U.S. House District 03 General 1 169,727 100.0%
1960 45 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 200,439 100.0%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 72,924 100.0%
1962 47 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 138,257 74.8%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 85,873 100.0%
1964 49 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 166,688 74.3%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 90,771 100.0%
1966 51 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 143,177 67.5%
1968 53 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 107,446 56.0%
1970 55 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 71,268 100.0%
1970 55 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 117,496 61.6%
1972 57 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 96,672 100.0%
1972 57 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 151,706 69.9%
1974 59 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 61,633 100.0%
1974 59 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,134 72.3%
1976 61 CA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 67,788 100.0%
1976 61 CA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 139,779 72.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Moss


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
1953 38 House 82 18 R 62 99 91
1954 39 House 73 20 R 66 32 92 88
1955 40 House 90 10 R 63 37 100 100
1956 41 House 91 9 R 65 32 99 100
1957 42 House 90 10 R 65 32 98 100
1958 43 House 86 11 R 72 22 97 100
1959 44 House 0 100 96 4 R 39 54 94 100
1960 45 House 11 89 78 16 R 60 37 96 100
1961 46 House 13 74 90 0 D 91 3 91 100 0
1962 47 House 0 94 89 0 D 92 2 87 100 0
1963 48 House 20 67 81 3 D 77 3 80 92 7
1964 49 House 8 83 94 0 D 96 2 89 100 0
1965 50 House 4 76 86 0 D 95 3 89 84 12
1966 51 House 0 43 56 0 D 60 4 62 100 0
1967 52 House 0 78 80 0 D 71 6 78 92 0
1968 53 House 8 75 70 6 D 67 8 76 100 0
1969 54 House 11 64 67 7 R 38 43 79 93 18
1970 55 House 9 52 54 11 R 38 28 66 92 13
1971 56 House 6 76 72 7 R 25 56 82 91 0
1972 57 House 6 77 72 8 R 43 38 77 100 10
1973 58 House 8 83 81 11 R 30 63 87 95 17
1974 59 House 13 80 76 11 R 30 57 85 70 16
1975 60 House 11 79 87 5 R 25 65 89 89* 3
1976 61 House 13 76 82 5 R 16 71 85 100 0
1977 62 House 13 64 70 8 D 57 23 74 84 4
1978 63 House 9 59 62 7 D 55 10 70 75 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.