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John Rhodes

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 18, 1916 in Council Grove, KS
Died: August 24, 2003 in Mesa, AZ

Education:

  • Kansas State University, 1938
  • Harvard University Law School, 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1941-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • AZ Board of Public Welfare, 1951-1952

Other notes:

  • Father of John Rhodes, III


Election Results for John Rhodes


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 35 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 10,688 57.9%
1952 35 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 66,512 54.0%
1954 37 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 14,192 100.0%
1954 37 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 60,423 53.1%
1956 39 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,304 100.0%
1956 39 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 78,998 54.9%
1958 41 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 86,959 59.2%
1960 43 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,827 100.0%
1960 43 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,563 59.2%
1962 45 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 38,685 100.0%
1962 45 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 113,240 58.7%
1964 47 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 61,594 100.0%
1964 47 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 140,507 55.3%
1966 49 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 39,383 100.0%
1966 49 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 102,007 67.1%
1968 51 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 44,397 100.0%
1968 51 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 137,761 71.6%
1970 53 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,371 100.0%
1970 53 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 99,706 68.5%
1972 55 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 31,838 88.2%
1972 55 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,453 57.3%
1974 57 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,496 100.0%
1974 57 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 63,847 51.1%
1976 59 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 37,015 76.9%
1976 59 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 96,397 57.3%
1978 61 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 25,514 100.0%
1978 61 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 81,108 71.0%
1980 63 AZ R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,185 100.0%
1980 63 AZ R U.S. House District 01 General 1 136,961 73.3%


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



Ideology Data for John Rhodes


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
1953 36 House 87 11 R 94 92 36
1954 37 House 93 7 R 79 16 95 22
1955 38 House 74 23 R 71 23 95 33
1956 39 House 50 25 R 88 6 86 71
1957 40 House 64 29 R 62 35 94 33
1958 41 House 57 38 R 68 20 90 22
1959 42 House 91 9 83 10 R 68 24 93 22
1960 43 House 95 5 84 14 R 63 35 97 0
1961 44 House 87 13 79 14 D 37 60 97 0 80
1962 45 House 94 6 72 19 D 40 52 94 13 87
1963 46 House 80 7 72 19 D 37 52 89 0 93
1964 47 House 92 0 85 3 D 29 63 85 0 100
1965 48 House 86 2 82 9 D 38 54 91 0 94
1966 49 House 97 3 83 14 D 40 56 90 0 84
1967 50 House 80 9 71 15 D 43 45 85 7 85
1968 51 House 76 14 66 12 D 49 36 80 9 75
1969 52 House 82 11 69 22 R 66 30 93 0 60
1970 53 House 59 16 61 21 R 74 8 82 22 73
1971 54 House 81 10 66 17 R 86 7 85 11 68
1972 55 House 73 7 67 11 R 73 11 78 7 88
1973 56 House 79 17 71 21 R 76 16 90 4 72
1974 57 House 64 15 61 20 R 68 8 76 6 74
1975 58 House 76 12 69 17 R 84 11 83 11* 87
1976 59 House 71 17 66 20 R 76 6 84 0 88
1977 60 House 77 10 71 17 D 39 48 87 5 92
1978 61 House 62 10 63 14 D 32 49 78 17 95
1979 62 House 77 10 69 19 D 39 46 86 13 81
1980 63 House 53 18 57 23 D 41 38 78 0 73
1981 64 House 64 11 64 15 R 68 12 79 0 83
1982 65 House 51 11 44 20 R 43 18 62 21 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   82%


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.