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James Collins

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 29, 1916 in Hallsville, TX
Died: July 21, 1989 in Dallas, TX

Education:

  • Southern Methodist University, B.S.C., 1937
  • Northwestern University, M.B.A., 1938
  • American College, C.L.U., 1940
  • Harvard University, M.B.A., 1943

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War II

Career:

  • President of Consolidated Industries, Inc., 1954-1968
  • President of Fidelity Life Insurance Co., 1954-1965


Election Results for James Collins


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 50 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 2 30,588 46.6%
1968 52 TX R U.S. House District 03 Special 1 13,828 60.0%
1968 52 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 81,696 59.4%
1970 54 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 63,690 60.6%
1972 56 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 13,367 67.8%
1972 56 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 122,984 73.3%
1974 58 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 11,891 82.1%
1974 58 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 63,489 64.7%
1976 60 TX R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 42,126 73.7%
1976 60 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 171,343 74.0%
1978 62 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 96,406 100.0%
1980 64 TX R U.S. House District 03 General 1 218,228 79.3%
1982 66 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 152,469 58.0%
1982 66 TX R U.S. Senate Class 1 General 2 1,256,759 40.5%


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



Ideology Data for James Collins


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
1969 53 House 82 9 76 9 R 57 34 89 0 80
1970 54 House 84 5 79 13 R 58 29 90 0 88
1971 55 House 85 9 79 17 R 68 30 94 8 100
1972 56 House 88 9 84 13 R 68 24 93 6 89
1973 57 House 93 6 90 8 R 77 22 95 0 100
1974 58 House 89 4 86 4 R 60 40 94 9* 95
1975 59 House 95 4 91 8 R 65 35 97 0* 97
1976 60 House 94 3 92 5 R 78 22 97 0 100
1977 61 House 93 6 94 4 D 28 70 98 5 100
1978 62 House 93 5 94 4 D 19 79 98 10 92
1979 63 House 95 4 97 3 D 19 81 98 0 97
1980 64 House 94 5 94 5 D 29 69 96 11 95
1981 65 House 89 11 87 10 R 71 24 98 10 92
1982 66 House 62 11 72 5 R 48 12 73 7 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.