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James Auchincloss

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 19, 1885 in New York City, NY
Died: October 2, 1976 in Alexandria, VA

Education:

  • Yale University, 1908

Military Service:

  • NY National Guard, 1909-1913
  • Captain of militay intelligence during World War I

Career:

  • Financier/stockbroker, 1908-1940
  • Governor of New York Stock Exchange, 1921-1938
  • Founder/chairman, NY Better Business Bureau

Elected Office:

  • Rumson borough council, 1930-1937
  • Mayor of Rumson, 1938-1943


Election Results for James Auchincloss


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 57 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 19,643 100.0%
1942 57 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 51,573 53.4%
1944 59 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 16,297 100.0%
1944 59 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 80,438 57.0%
1946 61 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,933 100.0%
1946 61 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 70,302 64.9%
1948 63 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 29,002 100.0%
1948 63 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 87,538 58.5%
1950 65 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 22,309 100.0%
1950 65 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 79,374 62.4%
1952 67 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,235 91.9%
1952 67 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 124,292 64.4%
1954 69 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 35,738 100.0%
1954 69 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,085 57.6%
1956 71 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,206 100.0%
1956 71 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 136,780 65.3%
1958 73 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,491 100.0%
1958 73 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 98,826 56.1%
1960 75 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 32,654 100.0%
1960 75 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 139,590 53.1%
1962 77 NJ R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,655 100.0%
1962 77 NJ R U.S. House District 03 General 1 82,220 56.9%


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



Ideology Data for James Auchincloss


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
1943 58 House 96 4 D 97
1944 59 House 90 7 D 94
1945 60 House 64 22 D 85
1946 61 House 61 26 D 80
1947 62 House 97 3 D 92 25
1948 63 House 92 8 D 92 15
1949 64 House 74 21 D 94 8
1950 65 House 78 21 D 92 27
1951 66 House 76 24 D 96 15
1952 67 House 61 34 D 89 46
1953 68 House 84 16 R 97 99 55
1954 69 House 80 20 R 84 16 99 22
1955 70 House 77 16 R 68 32 97 40
1956 71 House 75 22 R 91 6 97 86
1957 72 House 63 37 R 68 32 100 78
1958 73 House 62 16 R 50 20 74 36
1959 74 House 64 18 87 8 R 80 7 86 33
1960 75 House 74 5 61 14 R 60 19 81 33
1961 76 House 83 17 81 14 D 42 49 92 10 67
1962 77 House 69 31 72 18 D 50 47 85 25 67
1963 78 House 53 27 58 18 D 35 42 77 17 88
1964 79 House 42 33 47 21 D 46 37 71 8 69
Lifetime conservative rating:   73%


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.