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John Bell Williams

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 4, 1918 in Raymond, MS
Died: March 25, 1983 in Brandon, MS

Education:

  • Hinds Junior College, 1936
  • University of Mississippi, 1938
  • Jackson School of Law, 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1944

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Hinds County prosecutor, 1944-1946


Election Results for John Bell Williams


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 27 MS D U.S. House District 07 Primary 2 13,778 35.0%
1946 27 MS D U.S. House District 07 Primary Runoff 1 20,479 59.1%
1946 27 MS D U.S. House District 07 General 1 10,345 100.0%
1948 29 MS D U.S. House District 07 General 1 36,663 100.0%
1950 31 MS D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 20,531 80.6%
1950 31 MS D U.S. House District 07 General 1 19,321 96.4%
1952 33 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 50,318 100.0%
1954 35 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 19,164 100.0%
1956 37 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 11,447 94.6%
1956 37 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 42,085 100.0%
1958 39 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 8,665 100.0%
1960 41 MS D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 32,175 89.9%
1960 41 MS D U.S. House District 04 General 1 58,974 100.0%
1962 43 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 40,811 93.5%
1962 43 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 38,093 100.0%
1964 45 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 37,701 96.8%
1964 45 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 84,503 100.0%
1966 47 MS D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 54,751 78.1%
1966 47 MS D U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,377 82.4%
1967 48 MS D Governor Primary 2 197,778 28.9%
1967 48 MS D Governor Primary Runoff 1 371,815 54.5%
1967 48 MS D Governor General 1 315,318 70.3%


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



Ideology Data for John Bell 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 28 House 79 18 D 96 64
1948 29 House 78 22 D 89 62
1949 30 House 33 65 D 97 0
1950 31 House 40 42 D 75 14
1951 32 House 18 79 D 94 0
1952 33 House 18 68 D 79 9
1953 34 House 63 34 R 31 89 18
1954 35 House 77 23 R 34 63 92 44
1955 36 House 48 42 R 34 61 95 0
1956 37 House 72 22 R 44 47 93 29
1957 38 House 49 42 R 22 72 93 0
1958 39 House 38 57 R 22 70 92 0
1959 40 House 100 0 54 29 R 30 63 82 11
1960 41 House 84 0 29 61 R 28 60 89 0
1961 42 House 70 0 19 59 D 20 60 79 0 100
1962 43 House 81 0 18 65 D 32 57 79 13 100
1963 44 House 93 0 17 62 D 23 58 86 9 100
1964 45 House 92 0 19 63 D 23 60 79 0 100
1965 46 House 96 2 8 80 D 17 67 82 0 100
1966 47 House 76 0 4 56 D 17 42 62 0 100
1967 48 House 33 0 3 25 D 9 12 21 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   100%


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.