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John Stennis

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 3, 1901 in De Kalb, MS
Died: April 23, 1995 in Jackson, MS

Education:

  • Mississippi State College, 1923
  • University of Virginia Law School, 1928

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Prosecutor, 1932-1937
  • Circuit court judge, 1937-1947

Elected Office:

  • MS House, 1928-1932


Election Results for John Stennis


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1947 45 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 Special 1 52,068 26.9%
1952 50 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 191,380 89.4%
1952 50 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 233,919 100.0%
1958 56 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 61,039 100.0%
1964 62 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 173,764 97.4%
1964 62 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 343,364 100.0%
1970 68 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 286,622 88.4%
1976 74 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 157,943 85.4%
1976 74 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 554,433 100.0%
1982 80 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 145,817 75.1%
1982 80 MS D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 414,099 64.2%


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



Ideology Data for John Stennis


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
1947 45 Senate 3 1 D 6 0
1948 46 Senate 69 29 D 91 56
1949 47 Senate 70 25 D 92 31
1950 48 Senate 70 28 D 93 13
1951 49 Senate 76 19 D 95 55
1952 50 Senate 68 29 D 95 29
1953 51 Senate 60 33 R 49 92 33
1954 52 Senate 67 32 R 47 52 95 23
1955 53 Senate 62 38 R 69 31 100 30
1956 54 Senate 65 35 R 38 57 95 36
1957 55 Senate 71 29 R 53 47 98 17
1958 56 Senate 70 30 R 54 45 100 25
1959 57 Senate 97 0 43 55 R 56 43 96 8
1960 58 Senate 98 0 43 51 R 53 37 88 0
1961 59 Senate 98 2 45 54 D 37 61 99 20 71
1962 60 Senate 85 12 52 34 D 42 49 90 0 75
1963 61 Senate 79 2 51 40 D 38 38 79 0 93
1964 62 Senate 84 4 50 41 D 51 42 94 5 75
1965 63 Senate 92 5 36 61 D 45 51 97 0 93
1966 64 Senate 94 3 42 53 D 50 46 96 5 64
1967 65 Senate 96 2 44 50 D 54 36 90 0 100
1968 66 Senate 94 3 38 58 D 44 52 97 0 68
1969 67 Senate 88 3 38 55 R 56 40 96 11 73
1970 68 Senate 79 7 31 55 R 58 27 86 15 89
1971 69 Senate 94 0 33 59 R 68 26 93 8 94
1972 70 Senate 95 1 24 72 R 78 22 94 0 100
1973 71 Senate 29 0 8 16 R 22 2 25 0 91
1974 72 Senate 85 7 27 66 R 64 29 94 5 75
1975 73 Senate 83 2 27 60 R 65 20 86 0* 65
1976 74 Senate 75 3 20 61 R 66 17 77 0 67
1977 75 Senate 71 4 27 51 D 56 30 81 6 71
1978 76 Senate 65 12 27 52 D 31 46 76 13 50
1979 77 Senate 76 8 52 34 D 55 30 84 12 43
1980 78 Senate 67 11 51 30 D 65 22 82 20 44
1981 79 Senate 88 6 39 48 R 70 27 92 16 47
1982 80 Senate 83 9 42 51 R 71 27 92 26 67
1983 81 Senate 73 20 54 40 R 59 35 95 30 24
1984 82 Senate 81 13 41 45 R 61 26 84 44 65
1985 83 Senate 68 10 46 32 R 41 41 73 29 63
1986 84 Senate 75 12 29 52 R 63 23 83 41 42
1987 85 Senate 69 13 75 18 R 44 49 91 53 17
1988 86 Senate 51 11 50 14 R 55 26 72 56 33
Lifetime conservative rating:   64%


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.