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John Myers

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 8, 1927 in Covington, IN
Died: January 27, 2015 in Covington, IN

Education:

  • Indiana State University, B.S., 1951

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Cashier/trust officer with Fountain Trust Co., 1952-1966

Other notes:

  • Father-in-law of Brian Kerns


Election Results for John Myers


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 39 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 12,213 29.1%
1966 39 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,864 54.3%
1968 41 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 115,921 59.8%
1970 43 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 97,152 57.1%
1972 45 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 128,688 61.6%
1974 47 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 100,128 57.1%
1976 49 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 53,057 88.5%
1976 49 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 130,005 62.7%
1978 51 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 30,680 79.0%
1978 51 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 86,955 56.3%
1980 53 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 51,576 100.0%
1980 53 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 137,604 66.1%
1982 55 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 48,355 100.0%
1982 55 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 115,884 62.3%
1984 57 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 52,418 100.0%
1984 57 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 147,787 67.3%
1986 59 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 42,809 88.3%
1986 59 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 104,965 66.8%
1988 61 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 43,601 100.0%
1988 61 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 130,578 61.8%
1990 63 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 46,186 100.0%
1990 63 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 88,598 57.3%
1992 65 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 32,238 61.3%
1992 65 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 129,189 59.5%
1994 67 IN R U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 33,661 53.7%
1994 67 IN R U.S. House District 07 General 1 104,359 65.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Myers


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
1967 40 House 91 6 88 8 D 39 54 94 7 79
1968 41 House 86 12 74 16 D 51 42 91 0 91
1969 42 House 96 0 87 11 R 58 42 95 0 80
1970 43 House 84 7 74 14 R 67 23 88 6 83
1971 44 House 90 8 76 19 R 82 16 96 11 95
1972 45 House 88 6 72 21 R 54 41 95 0 70
1973 46 House 86 10 74 19 R 71 21 94 4 65
1974 47 House 87 8 75 18 R 66 26 93 0* 67
1975 48 House 92 6 83 15 R 64 35 98 0 89
1976 49 House 95 5 87 11 R 75 24 98 0 97
1977 50 House 90 3 82 12 D 35 57 93 5 92
1978 51 House 90 7 87 11 D 29 67 96 10 96
1979 52 House 90 4 85 10 D 25 72 95 0 85
1980 53 House 91 7 88 11 D 38 61 98 11 84
1981 54 House 91 9 77 21 R 75 25 96 0 100
1982 55 House 89 11 84 16 R 70 27 98 5 95
1983 56 House 88 8 72 25 R 68 27 97 10 82
1984 57 House 93 7 69 26 R 59 40 97 15 77
1985 58 House 91 9 58 39 R 69 28 96 21 68
1986 59 House 82 18 54 45 R 67 31 98 21 91
1987 60 House 88 7 59 36 R 65 29 94 8 87
1988 61 House 82 13 60 34 R 57 33 94 18 83
1989 62 House 88 10 56 40 R 73 27 97 20 74
1990 63 House 94 6 65 33 R 69 29 98 11 83
1991 64 House 100 0 66 29 R 75 22 95 0 70
1992 65 House 90 10 70 27 R 76 18 97 0 83
1993 66 House 93 5 74 22 D 39 55 97 11 91
1994 67 House 92 8 74 25 D 42 58 99 5 100
1995 68 House 94 5 90 6 D 21 74 97 0 80
1996 69 House 88 4 82 8 D 30 56 90 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.