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John Schmitz

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 12, 1930 in Milwaukee, WI
Died: January 10, 2001 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Marquette University, B.S., 1952
  • Cal State University, M.A., 1960

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1952-1960
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1960-1983

Career:

  • Philosophy and political science instructor at Santa Ana College

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1964-1970, 1978-1982
  • American Party candidate for President, 1972


Election Results for John Schmitz


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 39 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 79,259 60.4%
1970 39 CA R U.S. House District 35 Special Primary 1 103,127 59.4%
1970 39 CA R U.S. House District 35 Special 1 67,209 72.4%
1970 39 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 192,765 67.0%
1972 41 CA R U.S. House District 39 Primary 2 40,261 42.9%
1976 45 CA R U.S. House District 40 Primary 2 35,591 30.7%
1980 49 CA R U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 3 442,839 19.0%
1982 51 CA R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 6 48,267 2.1%
1984 53 CA R U.S. House District 38 Primary 3 3,367 10.1%


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



Ideology Data for John Schmitz


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
1970 39 House 63 0 R 18 29 58 0 92
1971 40 House 90 9 86 12 R 58 42 97 8 90
1972 41 House 57 6 47 6 R 19 30 57 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.