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John Murdock

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 20, 1885 in Homestead, MO
Died: February 14, 1972 in Phoenix, AZ

Education:

  • Missouri State Teachers' College, 1912
  • Iowa State University, 1925

Career:

  • Teacher/principal, 1904-1910, 1912-1914
  • Instructor, 1914-1932
  • Dean of Arizona State Teacher's College 1933-1937
  • Textbook author


Election Results for John Murdock


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 51 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 19,579 21.9%
1936 51 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 84,343 77.6%
1938 53 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 59,510 59.0%
1938 53 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 83,556 80.3%
1940 55 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District Primary 1 54,445 49.8%
1940 55 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 99,424 71.1%
1942 57 AZ D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 32,161 20.9%
1942 57 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District General 2 55,825 70.0%
1944 59 AZ D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 49,561 38.4%
1944 59 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 88,532 69.1%
1946 61 AZ D U.S. House District AL Primary 1 56,297 42.4%
1946 61 AZ D U.S. House At-Large District General 1 74,948 66.4%
1948 63 AZ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,900 54.0%
1948 63 AZ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 42,565 58.4%
1950 65 AZ D U.S. House District 01 General 1 51,526 60.6%
1952 67 AZ D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 27,153 48.9%
1952 67 AZ D U.S. House District 01 General 2 56,622 46.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Murdock


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
1937 52 House 90 5 D 92
1938 53 House 83 10 D 92
1939 54 House 90 4 D 89
1940 55 House 81 13 D 91
1941 56 House 91 4 D 83
1942 57 House 75 10 D 85
1943 58 House 88 8 D 90
1944 59 House 70 3 D 74
1945 60 House 80 6 D 83
1946 61 House 87 5 D 85
1947 62 House 82 13 D 93 92
1948 63 House 94 6 D 91 77
1949 64 House 76 6 D 78 92
1950 65 House 93 5 D 91 80
1951 66 House 91 4 D 94 82
1952 67 House 70 5 D 68 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.