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Harold Collier

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 12, 1915 in Lansing, MI
Died: January 17, 2006 in West Palm Beach, FL

Career:

  • Newspaper/magazine editor, 1937-1941
  • Sales manager of Match Corp. of America, 1941-1951
  • Advertising/PR director for McAlear Manufacturing Co., 1952-1956
  • Secretary-treasurer for Cook County Supervisors, 1953-1956
  • Berwyn Public Health Board, 1953-1956

Elected Office:

  • Berwyn city council, 1951
  • Candidate for IL Secretary of State, 1952


Election Results for Harold Collier


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1956 40 IL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,344 53.3%
1956 40 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 132,928 64.4%
1958 42 IL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 16,871 100.0%
1958 42 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 84,045 54.3%
1960 44 IL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 30,815 86.7%
1960 44 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 126,671 57.1%
1962 46 IL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 52,267 100.0%
1962 46 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 149,761 66.6%
1964 48 IL R U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 57,795 100.0%
1964 48 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 172,499 60.8%
1966 50 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 132,650 69.4%
1968 52 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 148,398 66.8%
1970 54 IL R U.S. House District 10 General 1 107,416 62.2%
1972 56 IL R U.S. House District 06 General 1 124,486 61.2%


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



Ideology Data for Harold Collier


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
1957 41 House 83 14 R 38 57 95 11
1958 42 House 70 19 R 58 32 87 8
1959 43 House 100 0 90 8 R 69 26 94 22
1960 44 House 84 16 82 14 R 47 53 94 22
1961 45 House 83 9 81 9 D 34 60 89 0 85
1962 46 House 94 6 89 4 D 27 67 91 0 80
1963 47 House 53 27 81 3 D 17 65 80 0 86
1964 48 House 92 8 81 10 D 33 58 88 8 88
1965 49 House 92 8 87 6 D 28 63 89 0 100
1966 50 House 92 5 85 4 D 34 51 88 6 96
1967 51 House 81 9 81 10 D 40 50 89 7 93
1968 52 House 76 14 80 11 D 49 44 90 8 90
1969 53 House 78 7 74 6 R 48 33 82 0 71
1970 54 House 70 14 68 11 R 60 23 82 13 72
1971 55 House 77 11 67 11 R 82 11 87 15 79
1972 56 House 83 9 82 11 R 62 22 90 7 89
1973 57 House 76 11 73 12 R 66 22 85 9 70
1974 58 House 60 16 65 17 R 75 15 78 13* 82
Lifetime conservative rating:   85%


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.