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John Phillips

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 11, 1887 in Wilkes-Barre, PA
Died: December 18, 1983 in Palm Springs, CA

Education:

  • Haverford College, 1910

Military Service:

  • Adjutant General's Office and Ordnance, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Rancher
  • Business analyst

Elected Office:

  • Banning city council, 1930-1932
  • CA Assembly, 1932-1936
  • CA Senate, 1936-1942


Election Results for John Phillips


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 54 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 15,250 50.6%
1942 54 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 7,126 27.7%
1942 54 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 42,765 57.6%
1944 56 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 29,237 100.0%
1944 56 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 12,467 50.7%
1944 56 CA R,D U.S. House District 22 General 1 88,537 100.0%
1946 58 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 28,119 81.9%
1946 58 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 2 12,860 48.9%
1946 58 CA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 59,935 62.1%
1948 60 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 36,446 86.1%
1948 60 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 21,397 61.3%
1948 60 CA R,D U.S. House District 22 General 1 115,697 99.9%
1950 62 CA R U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 48,357 87.9%
1950 62 CA D U.S. House District 22 Primary 1 24,519 49.5%
1950 62 CA R,D U.S. House District 22 General 1 114,497 99.9%
1952 64 CA R U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 25,933 84.1%
1952 64 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 14,852 54.2%
1952 64 CA R,D U.S. House District 29 General 1 73,144 99.7%
1954 66 CA R U.S. House District 29 Primary 1 22,495 81.0%
1954 66 CA D U.S. House District 29 Primary 2 8,563 33.0%
1954 66 CA R U.S. House District 29 General 1 42,420 57.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Phillips


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
1943 55 House 71 2 D 63
1944 56 House 63 0 D 66
1945 57 House 82 10 D 84
1946 58 House 84 3 D 93
1947 59 House 87 8 D 92 0
1948 60 House 100 0 D 95 8
1949 61 House 73 6 D 78 9
1950 62 House 86 8 D 93 0
1951 63 House 87 6 D 77 8
1952 64 House 86 5 D 86 0
1953 65 House 89 8 R 70 83 10
1954 66 House 87 7 R 74 18 89 13
1955 67 House 84 3 R 63 29 91 13
1956 68 House 66 16 R 50 24 73 14


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.