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John Spratt

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 1, 1942 in Charlotte, NC

Education:

  • Davidson College, A.B., 1964
  • Oxford University, M.A., 1966
  • Yale University, LL.B., 1969

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1969-1971

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Bank president/insurance agent, 1973-1982


Election Results for John Spratt


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1982 39 SC D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 28,472 38.2%
1982 39 SC D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 1 30,859 54.9%
1982 39 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 69,345 67.6%
1984 41 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 98,513 91.8%
1986 43 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 95,859 99.7%
1988 45 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 107,959 69.8%
1990 47 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 91,775 99.9%
1992 49 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 112,031 61.2%
1994 51 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 77,311 52.1%
1996 53 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 97,335 54.1%
1998 55 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 95,105 57.9%
2000 57 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 126,877 58.8%
2002 59 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 121,912 85.9%
2004 61 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 152,867 63.0%
2006 63 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 99,669 56.9%
2008 65 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 1 188,785 61.6%
2010 67 SC D U.S. House District 05 General 2 102,296 44.8%


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



Ideology Data for John Spratt


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
1983 40 House 60 40 74 20 R 37 61 95 68 14
1984 41 House 56 44 77 22 R 41 58 98 70 22
1985 42 House 73 27 79 17 R 41 58 97 40 37
1986 43 House 54 46 84 13 R 28 71 97 60 33
1987 44 House 81 12 80 16 R 31 66 95 72 9
1988 45 House 82 18 78 19 R 33 63 95 58 29
1989 46 House 68 32 83 16 R 49 51 98 65 29
1990 47 House 72 28 86 14 R 29 69 98 56 33
1991 48 House 73 27 82 15 R 40 59 97 50 21
1992 49 House 79 21 83 15 R 34 66 99 75 25
1993 50 House 82 18 85 13 D 82 16 97 55 25
1994 51 House 78 22 89 9 D 81 18 98 63 24
1995 52 House 73 25 76 22 D 68 31 98 65 20
1996 53 House 75 25 79 20 D 72 27 99 63 25
1997 54 House 65 35 81 17 D 73 27 97 74 17
1998 55 House 83 17 77 18 D 71 27 94 85 17
1999 56 House 81 17 D 67 30 97 80 13
2000 57 House 74 17 D 46 42 89 74 21
2001 58 House 81 18 R 33 65 99 84 38
2002 59 House 88 11 R 50 50 97 84 16
2003 60 House 88 10 R 25 75 98 95 29
2004 61 House 86 14 R 45 55 98 80 20
2005 62 House 87 12 R 26 72 98 89 12
2006 63 House 83 16 R 45 53 99 79 44
2007 64 House 92 6 R 7 93 98 95 4
2008 65 House 96 2 R 22 78 97 85 4
2009 66 House 96 3 D 94 3 98 95 4
2010 67 House 95 3 D 90 10 98 85 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.