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John Watts

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 9, 1902 in Nicholasville, KY
Died: September 24, 1971 in Lexington, KY

Education:

  • University of Kentucky, 1925, Law School, 1927

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Farmer
  • Nicholasville police judge, 1929-1933
  • Jessamine County attorney, 1933-1945
  • KY commissioner of motor transportation, 1948-1951

Elected Office:

  • KY House, 1947-1948


Election Results for John Watts


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1951 48 KY D U.S. House District 06 Special 1 28,599 55.3%
1952 49 KY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,894 69.9%
1952 49 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 68,554 56.3%
1954 51 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 59,434 60.9%
1956 53 KY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 36,349 65.9%
1956 53 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 69,468 52.7%
1958 55 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 29,199 94.7%
1960 57 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,500 54.7%
1962 59 KY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 25,017 82.8%
1962 59 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 53,454 100.0%
1964 61 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 93,322 70.6%
1966 63 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 58,182 65.0%
1968 65 KY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,418 73.3%
1968 65 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,536 56.5%
1970 67 KY D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,816 86.0%
1970 67 KY D U.S. House District 06 General 1 44,322 64.9%


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



Ideology Data for John Watts


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
1951 48 House 49 6 D 72 50
1952 49 House 57 25 D 71 50
1953 50 House 58 21 R 63 76 60
1954 51 House 73 27 R 63 37 100 78
1955 52 House 68 19 R 49 39 89 80
1956 53 House 72 13 R 38 38 78 71
1957 54 House 75 19 R 52 42 91 44
1958 55 House 68 16 R 62 28 90 73
1959 56 House 82 18 85 8 R 35 54 90 67
1960 57 House 16 84 84 10 R 53 44 96 78
1961 58 House 48 39 79 16 D 80 17 95 60 17
1962 59 House 25 56 89 9 D 73 10 73 88 18
1963 60 House 47 47 76 14 D 76 11 84 67 40
1964 61 House 58 25 69 15 D 79 12 90 75 40
1965 62 House 65 31 63 32 D 73 17 91 21 63
1966 63 House 65 22 48 28 D 50 23 75 12 42
1967 64 House 72 11 46 37 D 58 20 79 27 77
1968 65 House 55 16 38 30 D 51 26 70 10 50
1969 66 House 73 24 55 45 R 57 36 96 13 53
1970 67 House 77 11 44 47 R 60 34 88 17 67
1971 68 House 24 17 R 51 7 47 26 38
Lifetime conservative rating:   47%


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.