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Jake Pickle

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 11, 1913 in Big Spring, TX
Died: June 18, 2005 in Austin, TX

Education:

  • University of Texas, B.A., 1938

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy

Career:

  • National Youth Administration, 1938-1941
  • Radio station founder/advertising businessman, 1948-1956
  • TX Employment Commission, 1961-1963


Election Results for Jake Pickle


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1963 49 TX D U.S. House District 10 Special Open Primary 1 14,496 35.3%
1963 49 TX D U.S. House District 10 Special 1 27,228 62.9%
1964 50 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 80,045 75.8%
1966 52 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 55,424 74.3%
1968 54 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 70,577 83.4%
1968 54 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 85,037 62.1%
1970 56 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 78,872 100.0%
1972 58 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 130,973 91.2%
1974 60 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 67,794 67.3%
1974 60 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 76,240 80.4%
1976 62 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 88,949 82.8%
1976 62 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 160,683 76.8%
1978 64 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 94,529 76.3%
1980 66 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 65,409 75.5%
1980 66 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 135,618 59.1%
1982 68 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 121,030 90.1%
1984 70 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 186,447 99.8%
1986 72 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 49,101 81.0%
1986 72 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 135,863 72.3%
1988 74 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 232,213 93.4%
1990 76 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 83,989 88.7%
1990 76 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 152,784 64.9%
1992 78 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 55,703 82.2%
1992 78 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 177,233 67.7%


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



Ideology Data for Jake Pickle


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
1964 50 House 82 17 73 24 D 79 19 98 62 50
1965 51 House 41 53 74 21 D 81 12 95 37 41
1966 52 House 49 46 61 28 D 68 17 87 38 52
1967 53 House 48 46 72 22 D 71 19 89 50 45
1968 54 House 37 31 46 20 D 60 13 69 45 28
1969 55 House 62 31 55 42 R 60 36 93 21 53
1970 56 House 68 23 46 44 R 65 31 88 11 53
1971 57 House 61 26 50 34 R 61 28 86 31 72
1972 58 House 60 38 58 38 R 51 41 91 13 60
1973 59 House 62 32 61 33 R 50 47 95 50 46
1974 60 House 56 24 50 33 R 45 36 83 17* 38
1975 61 House 69 30 55 44 R 53 46 97 26* 49
1976 62 House 69 26 52 42 R 53 39 92 26 43
1977 63 House 72 21 51 39 D 49 43 90 11 53
1978 64 House 63 33 55 42 D 54 41 94 45 50
1979 65 House 63 28 61 30 D 59 34 88 37 43
1980 66 House 60 25 60 30 D 59 32 89 27 42
1981 67 House 75 24 58 39 R 61 36 94 40 25
1982 68 House 74 19 57 36 R 53 43 95 32 43
1983 69 House 72 21 68 25 R 44 49 91 63 32
1984 70 House 69 27 70 22 R 47 47 97 65 26
1985 71 House 64 29 82 15 R 40 59 97 50 37
1986 72 House 80 18 63 25 R 39 57 89 42 38
1987 73 House 77 23 82 16 R 34 62 97 60 22
1988 74 House 53 42 80 12 R 32 60 86 80 16
1989 75 House 66 32 82 15 R 47 52 97 50 33
1990 76 House 67 33 81 18 R 33 66 97 61 25
1991 77 House 54 43 78 17 R 41 56 94 47 16
1992 78 House 73 27 75 20 R 40 56 96 65 30
1993 79 House 61 36 78 13 D 90 5 91 65 9
1994 80 House 56 31 80 11 D 77 13 92 71 32
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.