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John Rousselot

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 1, 1927 in Los Angeles, CA
Died: May 11, 2003 in Irvine, CA

Education:

  • Principia College, A.B., 1949

Career:

  • Life insurance underwriter, 1949-1952
  • Public relations consultant, 1954-1958
  • Federal Housing Administration, 1958-1960
  • Management consultant, 1967-1970
  • Special assistant to President Reagan, 1983


Election Results for John Rousselot


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 32 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 35,213 37.0%
1960 32 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 1 182,545 53.6%
1962 34 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 1 23,748 75.3%
1962 34 CA R U.S. House District 25 General 2 53,961 45.9%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 30,831 35.2%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 24 Special Primary 1 39,519 35.5%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 24 Special 1 62,749 68.2%
1970 42 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 124,071 65.1%
1972 44 CA R U.S. House District 24 Primary 1 73,532 100.0%
1972 44 CA R U.S. House District 24 General 1 144,057 70.1%
1974 46 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 54,584 100.0%
1974 46 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 82,735 58.9%
1976 48 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 66,939 100.0%
1976 48 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 112,619 65.6%
1978 50 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 65,455 100.0%
1978 50 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 113,059 100.0%
1980 52 CA R U.S. House District 26 Primary 1 50,617 100.0%
1980 52 CA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 116,715 70.9%
1982 54 CA R U.S. House District 30 Primary 1 23,375 100.0%
1982 54 CA R U.S. House District 30 General 2 52,177 46.1%
1992 64 CA R U.S. House District 25 Primary 4 4,438 7.2%


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



Ideology Data for John Rousselot


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
1961 33 House 91 0 91 2 D 20 72 92 0 93
1962 34 House 75 0 75 2 D 17 68 81 0 100
1970 42 House 49 6 R 20 17 37 0 91
1971 43 House 70 12 71 12 R 53 28 76 9 100
1972 44 House 73 11 62 16 R 35 38 82 0 100
1973 45 House 86 11 85 11 R 58 34 91 8 92
1974 46 House 81 8 82 9 R 60 34 88 5 95
1975 47 House 86 6 85 7 R 58 30 91 0* 97
1976 48 House 85 4 84 6 R 67 25 89 5 100
1977 49 House 92 3 83 4 D 22 70 89 0 100
1978 50 House 87 4 87 5 D 22 73 89 5 100
1979 51 House 82 1 81 3 D 21 68 79 6 100
1980 52 House 79 8 81 6 D 23 64 86 11 95
1981 53 House 80 5 78 7 R 64 21 86 11 100
1982 54 House 74 7 75 5 R 69 9 76 0 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   98%


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.