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Lyndon Johnson

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 27, 1908 in Stonewall, TX
Died: January 22, 1973 in Gillespie County, TX

Education:

  • Southwest Texas State Teachers College, 1930
  • Attended Georgetown University Law School, 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1941-1942

Career:

  • High school teacher, 1928-1931
  • Secretary to Rep. Richard Kleberg, 1931-1935

Elected Office:

  • U.S. Vice President, 1961-1963
  • President of the United States, 1963-1969

Other notes:

  • Father-in-law of Charles Robb


Election Results for Lyndon Johnson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1937 28 TX D U.S. House District 10 Special 1 8,280 27.6%
1938 29 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 14,476 100.0%
1940 31 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 48,442 100.0%
1941 32 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special 2 174,299 30.3%
1942 33 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 44,656 100.0%
1942 33 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 12,799 100.0%
1944 35 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 26,454 69.9%
1944 35 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 44,602 92.9%
1946 37 TX D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 42,980 68.0%
1946 37 TX D U.S. House District 10 General 1 16,947 100.0%
1948 39 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 2 405,617 33.8%
1948 39 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 494,191 50.0%
1948 39 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 702,785 66.2%
1954 45 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 883,264 71.4%
1954 45 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 539,319 84.7%
1960 51 TX D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 1,306,605 58.0%


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



Ideology Data for Lyndon Johnson


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
1937 28 House 56 2 D 54
1938 29 House 86 7 D 93
1939 30 House 84 4 D 87
1940 31 House 81 5 D 86
1941 32 House 50 2 D 56
1942 33 House 0 5 D 15
1943 34 House 92 0 D 93
1944 35 House 90 7 D 78
1945 36 House 64 8 D 64
1946 37 House 61 8 D 62
1947 38 House 71 5 D 76 80
1948 39 House 44 0 D 37 100
1949 40 Senate 86 11 D 97 62
1950 41 Senate 79 9 D 83 43
1951 42 Senate 90 5 D 92 64
1952 43 Senate 86 14 D 96 50
1953 44 Senate 67 31 R 71 98 53
1954 45 Senate 78 20 R 45 53 98 33
1955 46 Senate 65 8 R 37 21 56 67
1956 47 Senate 72 13 R 49 48 90 85
1957 48 Senate 61 21 R 68 21 87 55
1958 49 Senate 83 7 R 51 36 89 67
1959 50 Senate 42 47 75 20 R 43 53 95 77
1960 51 Senate 46 48 78 16 R 55 40 95 75


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.