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Jimmy Quillen

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 11, 1916 near Kingsport, TN
Died: November 2, 2003 in Kingsport, TN

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Newspaper publisher, 1936-1944
  • Real estate/insurance businessman
  • Director of Kingsport National Bank, 1961-1982

Elected Office:

  • TN House, 1955-1962


Election Results for Jimmy Quillen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 46 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 19,679 29.0%
1962 46 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 49,320 53.9%
1964 48 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 38,285 100.0%
1964 48 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 94,535 71.7%
1966 50 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,421 87.1%
1968 52 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 100,712 85.2%
1970 54 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 48,067 84.2%
1970 54 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 78,896 67.9%
1972 56 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 59,135 100.0%
1972 56 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 110,868 79.4%
1974 58 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 76,394 64.2%
1976 60 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 45,361 89.3%
1976 60 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 97,781 57.9%
1978 62 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 92,143 64.5%
1980 64 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 43,649 77.5%
1980 64 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 130,296 86.2%
1982 66 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 89,497 74.1%
1984 68 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,407 100.0%
1986 70 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 47,985 88.4%
1986 70 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,289 68.9%
1988 72 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,526 80.2%
1990 74 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 47,796 99.9%
1992 76 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,797 67.5%
1994 78 TN R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 52,088 78.6%
1994 78 TN R U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,947 72.9%


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



Ideology Data for Jimmy Quillen


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
1963 47 House 80 13 76 10 D 21 63 87 8 100
1964 48 House 100 0 90 3 D 19 79 93 0 100
1965 49 House 92 6 84 10 D 30 59 88 0 100
1966 50 House 89 0 89 3 D 30 67 90 0 96
1967 51 House 85 6 82 10 D 36 55 88 7 100
1968 52 House 86 2 76 9 D 36 48 82 0 100
1969 53 House 84 7 77 15 R 55 41 88 7 87
1970 54 House 82 5 65 19 R 66 25 86 6 82
1971 55 House 81 5 73 18 R 81 7 88 6 89
1972 56 House 83 5 76 13 R 59 30 88 7 78
1973 57 House 80 7 73 16 R 69 24 87 0 78
1974 58 House 73 8 70 15 R 59 33 82 9* 75
1975 59 House 80 4 78 10 R 61 28 87 0* 94
1976 60 House 83 7 76 13 R 76 20 88 10 91
1977 61 House 76 5 67 16 D 33 43 83 5 97
1978 62 House 76 8 69 19 D 31 54 89 15 75
1979 63 House 86 8 70 23 D 33 61 91 16 74
1980 64 House 88 6 67 25 D 39 53 90 17 72
1981 65 House 67 3 70 14 R 63 17 76 6 90
1982 66 House 88 11 68 26 R 69 29 94 10 76
1983 67 House 85 10 70 21 R 79 16 91 0 82
1984 68 House 81 12 60 27 R 69 20 89 21 71
1985 69 House 80 11 56 35 R 68 29 89 15 79
1986 70 House 82 8 49 40 R 62 33 90 22 77
1987 71 House 86 5 55 33 R 55 38 90 13 73
1988 72 House 82 5 59 31 R 48 41 88 17 92
1989 73 House 85 5 60 35 R 71 21 91 15 85
1990 74 House 85 7 60 31 R 65 29 92 6 83
1991 75 House 92 3 64 27 R 68 25 91 5 90
1992 76 House 77 15 69 23 R 69 21 91 6 91
1993 77 House 95 5 70 13 D 31 55 84 6 95
1994 78 House 86 6 72 21 D 46 49 93 6 95
1995 79 House 92 5 90 5 D 18 75 95 0 84
1996 80 House 98 0 80 7 D 32 56 88 0 94
Lifetime conservative rating:   87%


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.