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James Cleveland

[Congressional biography]

Born: June 13, 1920 in Montclair, NJ
Died: December 3, 1995 in New London, NH

Education:

  • Colgate University, 1941
  • Yale University Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1941-1946, 1951-1952 (Korea)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Organizer of New London Trust Co.

Elected Office:

  • NH Senate, 1950-1962


Election Results for James Cleveland


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 42 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,640 32.5%
1962 42 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 56,152 57.5%
1964 44 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,670 88.3%
1964 44 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 63,077 50.4%
1966 46 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 66,179 66.7%
1968 48 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,438 94.8%
1968 48 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,609 71.1%
1970 50 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 40,448 99.9%
1970 50 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 74,219 69.6%
1972 52 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 42,063 99.9%
1972 52 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,021 67.6%
1974 54 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,682 85.9%
1974 54 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,068 64.2%
1976 56 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 38,182 99.7%
1976 56 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 100,911 60.5%
1978 58 NH R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,747 99.9%
1978 58 NH R U.S. House District 02 General 1 84,535 68.1%


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



Ideology Data for James Cleveland


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
1963 43 House 60 40 79 21 D 42 58 99 8 80
1964 44 House 58 42 79 19 D 44 56 98 15 75
1965 45 House 61 39 70 29 D 60 39 97 21 71
1966 46 House 70 30 73 26 D 52 43 95 24 74
1967 47 House 67 28 83 17 D 49 46 92 20 57
1968 48 House 63 35 65 27 D 55 36 90 17 68
1969 49 House 67 27 63 28 R 57 43 96 33 64
1970 50 House 64 36 60 35 R 74 26 97 50 67
1971 51 House 72 27 72 26 R 74 25 95 30 89
1972 52 House 76 23 73 25 R 86 11 95 19 78
1973 53 House 75 24 67 30 R 64 34 95 20 71
1974 54 House 69 28 67 30 R 68 30 96 26* 57
1975 55 House 74 14 69 19 R 62 29 87 16* 76
1976 56 House 68 28 61 35 R 73 27 96 20 54
1977 57 House 72 19 73 20 D 38 51 92 21 76
1978 58 House 80 16 77 18 D 31 58 91 11 91
1979 59 House 81 10 70 16 D 27 60 80 6 82
1980 60 House 75 16 70 19 D 37 49 84 24 47
Lifetime conservative rating:   71%


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.