Election results and ideology ratings for John Pilcher -- RightDataUSA.com

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 27, 1898 near Meigs, GA
Died: August 20, 1981 in Meigs, GA

Election Results for John Pilcher

Year	Age	State	Party	Office	District	Stage	Pos	Votes	%
1953	54	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Special	1	10,936	35.5%

1954	55	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	52,252	100.0%
1954	55	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	26,705	99.9%

1956	57	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	46,802	100.0%
1956	57	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	41,270	100.0%

1958	59	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	47,127	100.0%
1958	59	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	8,712	100.0%

1960	61	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	41,516	100.0%
1960	61	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	43,596	100.0%

1962	63	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	Primary	1	58,425	99.8%
1962	63	GA	D	U.S. House	District 02	General	1	18,967	96.2%

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

Ideology Data for John Pilcher

Year	Age	Body	Conservative Coalition		Party Unity		Presidential Support			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
Year	Age	Body					P			Vote %	Liberal	Conserv.
1953	54	House			84	11	R	50		82	64
1954	55	House			83	10	R	34	47	82	63
1955	56	House			65	32	R	51	41	92	60
1956	57	House			47	16	R	38	35	75	57
1957	58	House			78	8	R	47	40	83	33
1958	59	House			51	35	R	32	48	83	8
1959	60	House	82	18	79	10	R	22	67	80	33
1960	61	House	74	0	33	39	R	21	53	76	38
1961	62	House	35	13	36	16	D	42	22	53	33	44
1962	63	House	44	12	53	12	D	53	13	56	33	38
1963	64	House	33	7	48	7	D	49	10	50	36	45
1964	65	House	17	8	34	5	D	35	10	35	60	11
Lifetime conservative rating:												36%

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.