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John Vorys

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 16, 1886 in Lancaster, OH
Died: August 25, 1968 in Columbus, OH

Education:

  • Yale University, 1919
  • Ohio State University Law School, 1923

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Air Service, World War I

Career:

  • Teacher in China, 1919-1920
  • Lawyer
  • OH director of aeronautics, 1929-1930
  • Delegate to United Nations, 1951
  • Regent of Smithsonian Institution, 1949-1959

Elected Office:

  • OH House, 1923-1924
  • OH Senate, 1925-1926


Election Results for John Vorys


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 50 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 2 10,730 29.7%
1938 52 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 30,162 100.0%
1938 52 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 64,409 50.9%
1940 54 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 31,343 100.0%
1940 54 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 91,767 51.3%
1942 56 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 18,134 74.9%
1942 56 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 56,558 58.4%
1944 58 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 29,566 100.0%
1944 58 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 97,856 54.3%
1946 60 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 24,431 100.0%
1946 60 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 74,691 62.0%
1948 62 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 41,150 100.0%
1948 62 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 95,575 52.1%
1950 64 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 44,067 100.0%
1950 64 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 117,396 64.1%
1952 66 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 62,971 100.0%
1952 66 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 134,693 62.3%
1954 68 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 28,985 100.0%
1954 68 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 94,585 61.5%
1956 70 OH R U.S. House District 12 Primary 1 36,946 87.2%
1956 70 OH R U.S. House District 12 General 1 128,682 61.8%


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



Ideology Data for John Vorys


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
1939 53 House 94 6 D 98
1940 54 House 89 6 D 96
1941 55 House 83 15 D 96
1942 56 House 90 10 D 89
1943 57 House 85 10 D 95
1944 58 House 73 7 D 78
1945 59 House 76 10 D 83
1946 60 House 75 16 D 81
1947 61 House 95 5 D 94 17
1948 62 House 92 8 D 97 15
1949 63 House 85 11 D 90 0
1950 64 House 77 19 D 86 27
1951 65 House 81 13 D 87 17
1952 66 House 77 20 D 88 17
1953 67 House 84 16 R 94 97 36
1954 68 House 83 17 R 87 13 100 33
1955 69 House 77 19 R 78 20 96 44
1956 70 House 81 19 R 85 6 92 57
1957 71 House 81 17 R 70 30 98 56
1958 72 House 68 22 R 66 20 88 18


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.