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John Saylor

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 23, 1908 in Conemaugh Township, PA
Died: October 28, 1973 in Houston, TX

Education:

  • Franklin and Marshall College, 1929
  • Dickinson Law School, 1933

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1943-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Johnstown city solicitor, 1938-1940


Election Results for John Saylor


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1949 40 PA R U.S. House District 26 Special 1 59,400 53.8%
1950 41 PA R U.S. House District 26 General 1 63,445 52.5%
1952 43 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 77,391 52.4%
1954 45 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 66,270 51.9%
1956 47 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 85,540 56.9%
1958 49 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 77,407 57.0%
1960 51 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 89,261 57.3%
1962 53 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 82,584 57.5%
1964 55 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 81,400 57.0%
1966 57 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 103,808 67.5%
1968 59 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 98,576 58.0%
1970 61 PA R U.S. House District 22 General 1 81,675 57.7%
1972 63 PA R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 35,608 72.3%
1972 63 PA R U.S. House District 12 General 1 122,628 68.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Saylor


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
1949 40 House 15 2 D 15 0
1950 41 House 66 26 D 90 38
1951 42 House 66 24 D 83 45
1952 43 House 64 36 D 99 38
1953 44 House 76 24 R 85 100 55
1954 45 House 63 37 R 82 18 95 44
1955 46 House 61 39 R 54 44 97 50
1956 47 House 63 25 R 62 24 86 43
1957 48 House 47 34 R 60 30 85 33
1958 49 House 51 49 R 56 38 96 50
1959 50 House 9 74 69 29 R 59 31 93 67
1960 51 House 16 74 43 53 R 44 53 97 43
1961 52 House 57 39 57 38 D 43 51 97 40 80
1962 53 House 75 19 74 23 D 45 52 92 25 73
1963 54 House 67 20 71 17 D 31 58 91 55 79
1964 55 House 75 25 60 32 D 50 44 95 42 56
1965 56 House 67 25 60 30 D 43 41 86 11 75
1966 57 House 46 27 59 23 D 43 38 82 13 68
1967 58 House 61 20 69 15 D 40 47 80 21 85
1968 59 House 65 29 60 29 D 49 41 86 27 74
1969 60 House 60 20 58 27 R 40 36 83 38 69
1970 61 House 41 27 38 32 R 51 29 75 29 43
1971 62 House 58 16 55 23 R 54 21 74 29 100
1972 63 House 46 44 52 38 R 51 38 90 27 50
1973 64 House 70 26 67 25 R 50 40 90 17 78
Lifetime conservative rating:   72%


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.