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John Wydler

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 9, 1924 in Brooklyn, NY
Died: August 4, 1987 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended Brown University
  • Harvard University, LL.B., 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945
  • U.S. Air Force Reserve, 1945-1955

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for Eastern NY, 1953-1959
  • Served as Chairman of Long Island Development Agency


Election Results for John Wydler


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 38 NY R U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 16,488 79.2%
1962 38 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,508 56.4%
1964 40 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 89,971 53.1%
1966 42 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 86,677 59.7%
1968 44 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 116,190 70.1%
1970 46 NY R U.S. House District 04 General 1 91,787 57.0%
1972 48 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 133,332 62.4%
1974 50 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 91,677 54.2%
1976 52 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 110,366 55.7%
1978 54 NY R U.S. House District 05 General 1 84,864 58.4%


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



Ideology Data for John Wydler


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
1963 39 House 47 47 69 24 D 44 49 92 33 69
1964 40 House 33 58 60 31 D 50 42 89 23 67
1965 41 House 59 39 70 24 D 53 42 96 22 76
1966 42 House 59 38 68 31 D 50 44 93 24 65
1967 43 House 56 30 65 18 D 51 35 82 36 79
1968 44 House 43 47 50 33 D 57 31 82 33 62
1969 45 House 56 33 56 31 R 53 36 86 47 46
1970 46 House 27 52 31 40 R 77 15 74 59 47
1971 47 House 65 27 69 21 R 70 19 83 27 63
1972 48 House 63 30 62 35 R 73 19 89 25 44
1973 49 House 64 33 68 28 R 68 24 91 17 67
1974 50 House 56 41 57 36 R 68 26 90 39* 48
1975 51 House 65 26 67 25 R 67 28 90 26* 77
1976 52 House 64 27 64 27 R 69 29 90 6 69
1977 53 House 67 22 72 17 D 39 48 87 22 85
1978 54 House 71 23 71 21 D 34 58 88 11 71
1979 55 House 69 14 63 18 D 30 54 78 17 76
1980 56 House 46 24 56 24 D 29 45 68 31 43
Lifetime conservative rating:   67%


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.