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John Shelley

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 3, 1905 in San Francisco, CA
Died: September 1, 1974 in San Francisco, CA

Education:

  • University of San Francisco Law School, 1932

Military Service:

  • U.S. Coast Guard (detached duty), World War II

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • President of CA American Federation of Labor, 1947-1950
  • Legislative advocate for San Francisco, 1969-1974

Elected Office:

  • CA Senate, 1938-1946
  • Candidate for CA Lt. Governor, 1946
  • Mayor of San Francisco, 1964-1968


Election Results for John Shelley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1949 43 CA D U.S. House District 05 Special 1 80,612 55.5%
1950 44 CA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 21,165 62.8%
1950 44 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,235 87.2%
1950 44 CA D,R U.S. House District 05 General 1 117,888 100.0%
1952 46 CA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 19,383 98.2%
1952 46 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,827 100.0%
1952 46 CA D,R U.S. House District 05 General 1 107,542 100.0%
1954 48 CA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 15,172 100.0%
1954 48 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 53,174 100.0%
1954 48 CA D,R U.S. House District 05 General 1 86,428 100.0%
1956 50 CA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 13,292 57.8%
1956 50 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 56,824 93.6%
1956 50 CA D,R U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,358 100.0%
1958 52 CA R U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 13,271 63.0%
1958 52 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 67,007 96.4%
1958 52 CA D,R U.S. House District 05 General 1 99,171 100.0%
1960 54 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 104,507 83.7%
1962 56 CA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 36,637 100.0%
1962 56 CA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 64,493 80.4%


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



Ideology Data for John Shelley


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
1950 44 House 78 8 D 78 100
1951 45 House 88 3 D 76 92
1952 46 House 80 7 D 72 92
1953 47 House 68 21 R 64 75 90
1954 48 House 80 7 R 58 34 86 100
1955 49 House 52 3 R 29 24 62 100
1956 50 House 59 3 R 32 26 58 100
1957 51 House 64 3 R 58 27 68 100
1958 52 House 65 3 R 56 18 72 100
1959 53 House 9 91 65 4 R 30 41 74 100
1960 54 House 0 84 71 4 R 40 47 81 100
1961 55 House 9 74 71 5 D 78 6 73 100 0
1962 56 House 0 81 79 0 D 80 3 76 100 0
1963 57 House 7 13 26 0 D 25 1 24 100 13
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.