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Graham Barden

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 25, 1896 in Turkey Township, NC
Died: January 29, 1967 in New Bern, NC

Education:

  • University of North Carolina Law School, 1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1918-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Craven County judge, 1920-1924

Elected Office:

  • NC House, 1933


Election Results for Graham Barden


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 39 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,210 55.1%
1936 39 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 34,524 74.3%
1938 41 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 23,891 64.7%
1938 41 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 17,507 100.0%
1940 43 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,592 60.4%
1940 43 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 33,760 75.0%
1942 45 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 9,596 100.0%
1944 47 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 30,447 71.6%
1946 49 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 14,798 66.7%
1948 51 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 34,997 78.8%
1950 53 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 21,287 100.0%
1952 55 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 45,458 76.1%
1954 57 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 24,837 77.3%
1956 59 NC D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 21,427 69.7%
1956 59 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 47,251 78.8%
1958 61 NC D U.S. House District 03 General 1 22,426 79.1%


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



Ideology Data for Graham Barden


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 40 House 56 17 D 78
1938 41 House 64 7 D 56
1939 42 House 75 10 D 82
1940 43 House 73 6 D 60
1941 44 House 70 4 D 66
1942 45 House 30 40 D 68
1943 46 House 38 8 D 51
1944 47 House 60 27 D 72
1945 48 House 46 8 D 58
1946 49 House 21 57 D 68
1947 50 House 63 18 D 68 67
1948 51 House 47 17 D 62 30
1949 52 House 35 29 D 64 44
1950 53 House 37 37 D 70 10
1951 54 House 40 43 D 81 10
1952 55 House 18 64 D 81 0
1953 56 House 50 32 R 42 76 20
1954 57 House 37 40 R 26 32 63 25
1955 58 House 32 42 R 32 54 74 13
1956 59 House 41 9 R 26 35 55 17
1957 60 House 37 27 R 5 57 58 0
1958 61 House 30 35 R 14 42 55 0
1959 62 House 82 0 35 29 R 22 35 56 0
1960 63 House 79 0 8 35 R 19 23 37 11


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.