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James Byrne

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 22, 1906 in Philadelphia, PA
Died: September 3, 1980 in Philadelphia, PA

Career:

  • County registrar, Bureau of Vital Statistics, 1934-1939
  • Mortician, 1937-1950
  • Deputy U.S. Marshal for Eastern PA, 1943-1945
  • PA Treasury Department, 1945-1950

Elected Office:

  • PA House, 1951-1952


Election Results for James Byrne


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 46 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 81,837 58.4%
1954 48 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 61,639 55.4%
1956 50 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,161 59.9%
1958 52 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 65,201 63.5%
1960 54 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 80,258 69.7%
1962 56 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 33,077 80.5%
1962 56 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 81,405 59.3%
1964 58 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 111,885 72.0%
1966 60 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 64,575 56.6%
1968 62 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 19,467 64.8%
1968 62 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 75,728 61.3%
1970 64 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 18,303 58.1%
1970 64 PA D U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,755 56.4%
1972 66 PA D U.S. House District 03 Primary 2 22,229 39.2%


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



Ideology Data for James Byrne


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
1953 47 House 76 18 R 59 87 100
1954 48 House 93 3 R 47 47 96 89
1955 49 House 81 16 R 46 44 91 89
1956 50 House 84 13 R 53 38 92 100
1957 51 House 75 10 R 65 28 88 100
1958 52 House 89 11 R 80 20 100 92
1959 53 House 0 100 90 6 R 44 45 95 100
1960 54 House 5 95 82 18 R 67 33 97 100
1961 55 House 4 96 95 5 D 92 6 99 100 0
1962 56 House 6 94 91 5 D 87 8 95 88 0
1963 57 House 7 93 100 0 D 96 4 99 92 6
1964 58 House 0 100 97 2 D 98 2 96 92 0
1965 59 House 2 98 95 1 D 96 3 97 89 6
1966 60 House 3 97 94 3 D 86 8 93 82 4
1967 61 House 2 91 92 2 D 90 6 90 86 0
1968 62 House 4 94 96 2 D 91 7 98 100 4
1969 63 House 16 78 82 7 R 49 38 92 73 33
1970 64 House 5 77 75 7 R 57 35 86 88 6
1971 65 House 28 56 68 14 R 44 42 80 74 42
1972 66 House 20 54 62 13 R 43 24 74 71 43
Lifetime conservative rating:   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.