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John Seiberling

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 8, 1918 in Akron, OH
Died: August 2, 2008 in Akron, OH

Education:

  • Harvard University, A.B., 1941
  • Columbia University, LL.B., 1949

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Member of Tri-County Regional Planning Commission in Akron, 1964-1970


Election Results for John Seiberling


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 51 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 19,095 37.8%
1970 51 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 71,282 56.4%
1972 53 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 53,897 81.8%
1972 53 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 135,068 74.4%
1974 55 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 51,464 100.0%
1974 55 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 93,931 75.4%
1976 57 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 57,179 86.3%
1976 57 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 121,652 74.1%
1978 59 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 19,248 100.0%
1978 59 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 82,356 72.5%
1980 61 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 52,805 100.0%
1980 61 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 103,336 64.9%
1982 63 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 50,515 100.0%
1982 63 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 115,629 70.5%
1984 65 OH D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 64,741 86.4%
1984 65 OH D U.S. House District 14 General 1 155,729 71.4%


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



Ideology Data for John Seiberling


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
1971 52 House 4 94 86 7 R 25 68 91 94 0
1972 53 House 1 94 84 7 R 43 46 87 100 0
1973 54 House 5 94 92 8 R 25 73 99 100 8
1974 55 House 5 94 94 5 R 36 60 97 96 10
1975 56 House 9 86 89 8 R 37 61 96 100 0
1976 57 House 7 92 91 7 R 25 71 98 95 0
1977 58 House 3 94 90 6 D 78 14 94 100 5
1978 59 House 4 95 88 9 D 82 14 95 95 4
1979 60 House 3 97 94 4 D 83 15 94 100 3
1980 61 House 6 94 90 7 D 79 19 96 100 11
1981 62 House 5 93 94 5 R 30 70 95 100 0
1982 63 House 12 84 91 5 R 23 75 95 90 0
1983 64 House 9 91 95 4 R 20 79 96 95 0
1984 65 House 10 83 88 8 R 28 70 96 95 0
1985 66 House 11 85 76 4 R 19 73 84 95 5
1986 67 House 6 92 87 4 R 16 81 93 90 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   3%


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.