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John Williams

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 17, 1904 in Frankford, DE
Died: January 11, 1988 in Lewes, DE

Career:

  • Grain businessman


Election Results for John Williams


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 42 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 62,603 55.2%
1952 48 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 93,020 54.5%
1958 54 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 82,280 53.3%
1964 60 DE R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 103,782 51.7%


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



Ideology Data for John Williams


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
1947 43 Senate 88 6 D 92 10
1948 44 Senate 85 13 D 96 0
1949 45 Senate 93 7 D 99 7
1950 46 Senate 83 16 D 97 25
1951 47 Senate 83 11 D 94 8
1952 48 Senate 97 3 D 99 21
1953 49 Senate 79 21 R 59 99 20
1954 50 Senate 87 9 R 78 21 96 8
1955 51 Senate 69 23 R 69 25 93 11
1956 52 Senate 87 13 R 74 26 100 0
1957 53 Senate 76 24 R 72 28 100 0
1958 54 Senate 85 13 R 74 25 98 18
1959 55 Senate 97 2 88 7 R 83 12 97 8
1960 56 Senate 89 11 74 22 R 77 20 97 8
1961 57 Senate 89 11 91 8 D 31 67 99 0 93
1962 58 Senate 91 3 85 9 D 34 63 96 0 80
1963 59 Senate 90 2 86 9 D 28 70 96 12 93
1964 60 Senate 84 16 83 14 D 37 57 96 37 80
1965 61 Senate 90 7 87 7 D 39 57 95 6 79
1966 62 Senate 99 1 91 8 D 42 54 97 5 93
1967 63 Senate 82 14 80 18 D 48 47 95 23 93
1968 64 Senate 80 19 86 14 D 39 60 99 21 96
1969 65 Senate 67 32 70 26 R 67 33 97 22 57
1970 66 Senate 84 15 78 20 R 72 26 97 11 77
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.