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Joe Waggonner

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 7, 1918 in Plain Dealing, LA
Died: October 7, 2007 in Shreveport, LA

Education:

  • Louisiana Tech, 1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1945, 1951-1952

Career:

  • LA State Board of Education, 1960
  • Petroleum products distributor

Elected Office:

  • Bossier Parish school board, 1954-1961


Election Results for Joe Waggonner


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1961 42 LA D U.S. House District 04 Special 1 33,892 54.5%
1962 43 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 29,754 100.0%
1964 45 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 44,599 100.0%
1966 47 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 48,345 100.0%
1968 49 LA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 71,029 76.9%
1968 49 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 63,788 100.0%
1970 51 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 44,848 100.0%
1972 53 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,397 100.0%
1974 55 LA D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 64,831 75.0%
1974 55 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 47,371 100.0%
1976 57 LA D U.S. House District 04 General 1 76,406 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Joe Waggonner


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
1962 43 House 100 0 21 79 D 32 65 94 0 93
1963 44 House 87 0 33 53 D 35 58 91 8 100
1964 45 House 92 0 26 55 D 40 46 88 0 93
1965 46 House 86 4 28 66 D 37 57 92 6 100
1966 47 House 97 0 24 69 D 40 51 94 0 70
1967 48 House 91 6 31 57 D 46 48 89 7 100
1968 49 House 73 10 30 46 D 45 38 79 20 79
1969 50 House 96 4 31 64 R 53 45 94 7 100
1970 51 House 75 2 38 43 R 57 31 82 6 88
1971 52 House 89 1 26 63 R 74 18 91 0 100
1972 53 House 84 6 25 70 R 54 32 88 0 89
1973 54 House 92 6 27 69 R 65 31 96 0 79
1974 55 House 92 3 23 70 R 79 15 95 0 95
1975 56 House 94 4 21 76 R 66 30 97 0 81
1976 57 House 92 4 20 74 R 67 27 93 0 89
1977 58 House 90 4 27 68 D 25 67 95 0 76
1978 59 House 88 5 26 65 D 31 61 92 5 95
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.