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John Warner

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 18, 1927 in Washington, DC
Died: May 25, 2021 in Alexandria, VA

Education:

  • Washington & Lee University, B.S., 1949
  • University of Virginia, LL.B., 1953

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1944-1946
  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1950-1952
  • U.S. Marine Corps Reserve, 1952-1956

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Law clerk, 1953-1954
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney, 1956-1960
  • U.S. Undersecretary of the Navy, 1969-1972
  • U.S. Secretary of the Navy, 1972-1974


Election Results for John Warner


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1978 51 VA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 613,232 50.2%
1984 57 VA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,406,194 70.0%
1990 63 VA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 876,782 80.9%
1996 69 VA R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 323,520 65.6%
1996 69 VA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,235,744 52.5%
2002 75 VA R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,229,894 82.6%


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



Ideology Data for John Warner


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
1979 52 Senate 96 4 90 10 D 14 59 100 5 91
1980 53 Senate 94 6 81 19 D 46 54 100 22 86
1981 54 Senate 97 2 88 8 R 87 13 96 6 85
1982 55 Senate 96 2 87 13 R 83 17 99 5 84
1983 56 Senate 89 11 84 14 R 82 16 99 20 56
1984 57 Senate 91 6 87 12 R 86 13 98 11 86
1985 58 Senate 92 8 82 18 R 82 18 100 5 71
1986 59 Senate 87 12 86 13 R 87 13 99 5 70
1987 60 Senate 88 9 75 16 R 60 36 94 25 60
1988 61 Senate 95 3 71 26 R 74 23 96 5 87
1989 62 Senate 89 11 81 19 R 86 13 99 5 88
1990 63 Senate 97 3 69 31 R 78 22 99 28 70
1991 64 Senate 95 5 82 18 R 89 11 100 20 76
1992 65 Senate 79 21 86 13 R 67 25 96 20 73
1993 66 Senate 85 12 78 19 D 28 71 96 10 84
1994 67 Senate 84 16 76 23 D 58 39 99 20 80
1995 68 Senate 93 5 93 6 D 25 72 97 5 91
1996 69 Senate 89 11 93 7 D 42 58 100 5 95
1997 70 Senate 96 4 88 11 D 63 32 98 10 83
1998 71 Senate 63 38 83 14 D 38 58 97 15 79
1999 72 Senate 87 13 86 13 D 39 61 99 10 84
2000 73 Senate 92 8 91 8 D 52 48 99 0 92
2001 74 Senate 84 15 R 95 5 99 20 96
2002 75 Senate 79 18 R 89 4 96 16 79
2003 76 Senate 95 5 R 94 3 99 10 80
2004 77 Senate 87 12 R 88 10 99 25 72
2005 78 Senate 85 14 R 91 9 99 10 88
2006 79 Senate 81 19 R 84 9 97 10 64
2007 80 Senate 72 22 R 74 22 93 37 60
2008 81 Senate 69 23 R 67 26 88 44 52
Lifetime conservative rating:   79%


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.