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John Tanner

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 22, 1944 in Halls, TN

Education:

  • University of Tennessee, B.S., 1966. J.D., 1968

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1968-1972
  • TN Army National Guard, 1974-2000

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • TN House, 1976-1986


Election Results for John Tanner


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1988 43 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 45,271 66.3%
1988 43 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 94,571 62.4%
1990 45 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 62,241 100.0%
1992 47 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 136,852 83.7%
1994 49 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 63,250 100.0%
1994 49 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 97,951 63.8%
1996 51 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 34,271 100.0%
1996 51 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 123,681 67.3%
1998 53 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 49,396 99.9%
1998 53 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 76,803 100.0%
2000 55 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,078 86.7%
2000 55 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 143,127 72.3%
2002 57 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 66,015 86.8%
2002 57 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 117,811 70.1%
2004 59 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 28,427 100.0%
2004 59 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 173,623 74.3%
2006 61 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 61,764 100.0%
2006 61 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 129,610 73.2%
2008 63 TN D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 24,844 100.0%
2008 63 TN D U.S. House District 08 General 1 180,465 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for John Tanner


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
1989 44 House 90 10 75 21 R 47 51 96 50 43
1990 45 House 85 9 73 21 R 31 67 95 44 29
1991 46 House 81 5 64 26 R 41 53 92 32 50
1992 47 House 77 21 71 26 R 38 56 98 65 48
1993 48 House 91 9 70 29 D 71 29 99 50 50
1994 49 House 94 6 68 31 D 74 26 99 32 67
1995 50 House 85 12 56 43 D 59 40 99 37 33
1996 51 House 90 0 59 34 D 61 30 94 47 47
1997 52 House 82 18 66 33 D 59 40 98 40 40
1998 53 House 90 10 65 29 D 55 39 96 63 41
1999 54 House 66 32 D 59 37 98 70 29
2000 55 House 70 29 D 56 42 97 47 36
2001 56 House 64 35 R 47 51 99 63 50
2002 57 House 66 27 R 57 39 94 74 39
2003 58 House 77 23 R 44 56 98 90 44
2004 59 House 68 24 R 36 58 92 63 43
2005 60 House 72 26 R 35 63 98 74 50
2006 61 House 72 25 R 61 34 95 61 58
2007 62 House 84 15 R 18 79 98 80 21
2008 63 House 90 5 R 23 72 94 84 13
2009 64 House 83 11 D 80 12 91 75 20
2010 65 House 81 10 D 66 27 92 59 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   39%


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.