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James Curley

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 20, 1874 in Boston, MA
Died: November 12, 1958 in Boston, MA

Career:

  • Salesman of bakers and confectioners supplies
  • Real estate/insurance businessman
  • Member of DNC, 1941-1942
  • MA labor relations commission, 1957-1958

Elected Office:

  • Boston city council, 1900-1901, 1910-1911
  • MA House, 1902-1903
  • Boston alderman, 1904-1909
  • Mayor of Boston, 1914-1918, 1922-1926, 1930-1934, 1945-1950
  • Candidate for Mayor of Boston, 1917, 1937, 1941, 1951, 1955
  • Candidate for MA Governor, 1924


Election Results for James Curley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 61 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 245,606 63.0%
1936 61 MA D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 2 739,751 41.0%
1938 63 MA D Governor Primary 1 210,286 41.1%
1938 63 MA D Governor General 2 793,884 44.9%
1942 67 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 26,572 55.8%
1942 67 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 60,850 69.3%
1944 69 MA D U.S. House District 11 Primary 1 20,503 52.1%
1944 69 MA D U.S. House District 11 General 1 75,469 65.6%


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



Ideology Data for James Curley


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
1943 68 House 69 21 D 73
1944 69 House 67 17 D 65
1945 70 House 40 2 D 29
1946 71 House 25 0 D 2


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.