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Joseph Bryson

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 18, 1893 in Brevard, NC
Died: March 10, 1953 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Furman University, 1917
  • University of South Carolina Law School, 1920

Military Service:

  • SC National Guard, 1915-1916
  • Medical Reserve Corps, 1917-1918

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • SC House, 1921-1924
  • SC Senate, 1929-1932


Election Results for Joseph Bryson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 45 SC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 35,948 54.5%
1938 45 SC D U.S. House District 04 Primary Runoff 1 31,634 50.0%
1938 45 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 8,995 99.4%
1940 47 SC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 65,812 85.7%
1940 47 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 23,825 97.3%
1941 48 SC D U.S. Senate Class 2 Special Primary 3 25,257 20.3%
1942 49 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 4,228 100.0%
1944 51 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 20,988 95.7%
1946 53 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 3,363 99.6%
1948 55 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 26,098 94.9%
1950 57 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 7,976 99.9%
1952 59 SC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 77,850 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph Bryson


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
1939 46 House 68 19 D 87
1940 47 House 84 16 D 99
1941 48 House 93 4 D 98
1942 49 House 70 30 D 99
1943 50 House 83 15 D 98
1944 51 House 83 17 D 98
1945 52 House 82 18 D 99
1946 53 House 56 33 D 81
1947 54 House 84 16 D 100 75
1948 55 House 81 19 D 99 69
1949 56 House 59 41 D 98 31
1950 57 House 64 29 D 90 29
1951 58 House 57 43 D 97 15
1952 59 House 57 43 D 100 23
1953 60 House 11 0 R 14 0


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.