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John Young

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 10, 1916 in Corpus Christi, TX
Died: January 22, 2002 in Arlington, VA

Education:

  • St. Edwards University, B.A., 1937
  • University of Texas, LL.B., 1940

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Nueces County attorney, 1946
  • Assistant Nueces County district attorney, 1947-1950
  • Nueces County attorney, 1951-1952
  • Nueces County judge, 1953-1956


Election Results for John Young


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 39 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 52,774 61.9%
1956 39 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 85,922 87.3%
1958 41 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 37,861 100.0%
1960 43 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 56,896 62.0%
1960 43 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 105,792 100.0%
1962 45 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 60,803 70.4%
1964 47 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 105,352 77.5%
1966 49 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 52,861 100.0%
1968 51 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 53,050 82.4%
1968 51 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 89,868 100.0%
1970 53 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 62,560 100.0%
1972 55 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 61,118 66.1%
1972 55 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 89,725 100.0%
1974 57 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 41,066 100.0%
1976 59 TX D U.S. House District 14 General 1 93,589 61.4%
1978 61 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary 2 30,871 37.6%
1978 61 TX D U.S. House District 14 Primary Runoff 2 28,905 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for John Young


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
1957 40 House 73 24 R 43 48 93 38
1958 41 House 62 16 R 36 46 84 50
1959 42 House 91 9 90 10 R 37 63 100 33
1960 43 House 47 0 51 16 R 33 42 73 29
1961 44 House 39 35 64 9 D 55 15 70 44 30
1962 45 House 69 31 72 26 D 73 27 99 50 20
1963 46 House 13 87 100 0 D 97 3 100 92 13
1964 47 House 33 67 95 5 D 94 6 100 77 19
1965 48 House 29 55 73 11 D 74 11 86 44 35
1966 49 House 27 68 90 8 D 88 7 96 53 12
1967 50 House 20 59 82 3 D 84 5 88 64 23
1968 51 House 29 59 82 11 D 76 15 90 58 0
1969 52 House 49 38 67 24 R 57 30 81 21 43
1970 53 House 50 32 57 22 R 52 29 83 18 44
1971 54 House 66 28 60 37 R 65 28 92 20 80
1972 55 House 66 29 55 38 R 46 43 91 19 50
1973 56 House 67 32 58 40 R 49 47 96 28 46
1974 57 House 70 29 59 39 R 79 21 98 26* 48
1975 58 House 75 23 50 47 R 53 46 96 26* 53
1976 59 House 65 21 54 35 R 41 45 88 21 47
1977 60 House 63 27 54 36 D 49 44 89 16 41
1978 61 House 27 16 33 14 D 25 17 48 30 17
Lifetime conservative rating:   36%


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.