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Jennings Randolph

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 8, 1902 in Salem, WV
Died: May 8, 1998 in St. Louis, MO

Education:

  • Salem College, 1924

Career:

  • Head of journalism department at Davis & Elkins College, 1926-1932
  • Professor of public speaking at Southeastern University, 1935-1953
  • Director of public relations for Capital Airlines, 1947-1958


Election Results for Jennings Randolph


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 34 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,819 100.0%
1936 34 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 78,856 59.8%
1938 36 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,091 100.0%
1938 36 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 53,277 54.6%
1940 38 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 41,761 86.6%
1940 38 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 77,045 57.5%
1942 40 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 24,574 100.0%
1942 40 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 32,935 50.2%
1944 42 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 19,734 88.7%
1944 42 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 58,695 54.1%
1946 44 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 13,896 87.3%
1946 44 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 2 39,041 48.6%
1958 56 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 1 102,547 47.2%
1958 56 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 1 374,167 59.3%
1960 58 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 275,064 100.0%
1960 58 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 458,355 55.3%
1966 64 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 204,381 100.0%
1966 64 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 292,325 59.5%
1972 70 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 295,017 100.0%
1972 70 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 486,310 66.5%
1978 76 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 181,480 80.5%
1978 76 WV D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 249,034 50.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jennings Randolph


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
1937 35 House 71 24 D 96
1938 36 House 60 26 D 77
1939 37 House 77 9 D 86
1940 38 House 59 15 D 65
1941 39 House 78 4 D 80
1942 40 House 35 35 D 83
1943 41 House 44 31 D 76
1944 42 House 77 13 D 83
1945 43 House 78 16 D 83
1946 44 House 51 34 D 80
1959 57 Senate 25 65 80 13 R 36 57 89 69
1960 58 Senate 15 72 78 9 R 50 44 91 83
1961 59 Senate 5 92 85 3 D 82 10 89 100 7
1962 60 Senate 38 56 85 10 D 86 11 96 58 31
1963 61 Senate 16 74 75 17 D 72 18 90 71 19
1964 62 Senate 22 71 64 14 D 56 20 82 74 19
1965 63 Senate 25 57 70 15 D 74 15 86 76 21
1966 64 Senate 20 73 69 14 D 63 26 86 70 14
1967 65 Senate 25 61 83 5 D 72 18 88 69 27
1968 66 Senate 41 46 63 16 D 60 27 84 64 32
1969 67 Senate 42 51 75 20 R 56 40 93 78 29
1970 68 Senate 39 54 68 22 R 60 34 90 50 36
1971 69 Senate 52 39 62 28 R 46 43 87 67 25
1972 70 Senate 35 54 69 19 R 46 46 89 45 8
1973 71 Senate 45 50 74 22 R 42 53 95 60 24
1974 72 Senate 35 56 68 23 R 41 54 92 67* 19
1975 73 Senate 48 48 68 27 R 56 42 96 67 26
1976 74 Senate 54 42 63 34 R 49 45 97 45 23
1977 75 Senate 64 32 52 41 D 76 20 93 50 30
1978 76 Senate 47 43 55 34 D 54 35 89 30 42
1979 77 Senate 55 42 69 27 D 63 31 96 32 36
1980 78 Senate 34 63 82 15 D 63 34 97 72 19
1981 79 Senate 39 52 81 15 R 45 48 96 60 27
1982 80 Senate 53 47 74 24 R 37 63 99 70 26
1983 81 Senate 57 43 71 28 R 51 45 97 50 32
1984 82 Senate 60 40 71 27 R 44 51 97 68 41
Lifetime conservative rating:   27%


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.