RightDataUSA


Harold Cooley

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 26, 1897 in Nashville, NC
Died: January 15, 1974 in Wilson, NC

Education:

  • Attended University of North Carolina and Yale University Law School

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy Flying Corps, 1918

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for Harold Cooley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 38 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 43,551 91.8%
1936 38 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 56,703 76.7%
1938 40 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 26,932 63.9%
1940 42 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 31,629 77.5%
1940 42 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 57,610 79.4%
1942 44 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 20,703 65.2%
1944 46 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 53,340 74.7%
1946 48 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 22,977 65.7%
1948 50 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 57,658 78.1%
1950 52 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 34,580 72.8%
1952 54 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 42,491 84.4%
1952 54 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 79,520 75.3%
1954 56 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 34,406 100.0%
1956 58 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 34,903 62.8%
1956 58 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 76,560 100.0%
1958 60 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 30,505 75.6%
1960 62 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 75,464 66.6%
1962 64 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 45,249 58.1%
1964 66 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 48,275 59.2%
1964 66 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 1 73,470 51.8%
1966 68 NC D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 25,277 55.9%
1966 68 NC D U.S. House District 04 General 2 46,673 43.5%


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



Ideology Data for Harold Cooley


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
1937 39 House 61 19 D 81
1938 40 House 86 2 D 84
1939 41 House 72 10 D 74
1940 42 House 72 12 D 62
1941 43 House 78 13 D 89
1942 44 House 15 85 D 97
1943 45 House 88 4 D 90
1944 46 House 73 20 D 86
1945 47 House 58 6 D 54
1946 48 House 43 44 D 80
1947 49 House 89 8 D 92 92
1948 50 House 83 11 D 84 67
1949 51 House 67 18 D 79 67
1950 52 House 63 27 D 78 47
1951 53 House 78 21 D 91 38
1952 54 House 57 23 D 82 33
1953 55 House 61 26 R 55 75 40
1954 56 House 67 23 R 45 47 91 56
1955 57 House 65 19 R 54 22 79 60
1956 58 House 66 13 R 35 47 78 43
1957 59 House 64 12 R 42 40 82 22
1958 60 House 65 24 R 56 34 87 50
1959 61 House 72 27 73 10 R 31 48 79 56
1960 62 House 79 0 41 39 R 35 42 82 40
1961 63 House 48 22 62 14 D 68 14 71 56 30
1962 64 House 44 44 67 16 D 77 10 85 75 33
1963 65 House 60 27 74 10 D 68 11 76 64 47
1964 66 House 42 42 76 15 D 87 6 87 75 31
1965 67 House 75 22 47 47 D 57 35 90 16 65
1966 68 House 46 16 39 34 D 47 25 69 13 52
Lifetime conservative rating:   45%


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.