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James Davis

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 17, 1895 in Franklin, GA
Died: December 18, 1981 in Atlanta, GA

Education:

  • Attended Emory College

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • GA Department of Indutrial Relations, 1928-1931
  • DeKalb County attorney, 1931-1934
  • Superior court judge, 1934-1947
  • Publisher of Atlanta Times, 1964-1965

Elected Office:

  • GA House, 1924-1928


Election Results for James Davis


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 51 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,162 41.3%
1946 51 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 31,444 61.7%
1948 53 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 54,261 54.9%
1948 53 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 54,637 99.6%
1950 55 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 58,252 68.5%
1950 55 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 49,317 100.0%
1952 57 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 43,420 49.5%
1952 57 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,920 100.0%
1954 59 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 55,366 52.9%
1954 59 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 54,069 64.4%
1956 61 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 76,293 68.0%
1956 61 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 85,292 59.2%
1958 63 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 117,908 100.0%
1958 63 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 32,135 100.0%
1960 65 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 1 99,843 100.0%
1960 65 GA D U.S. House District 05 General 1 80,023 99.7%
1962 67 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary 2 75,833 45.9%
1962 67 GA D U.S. House District 05 Primary Runoff 2 61,295 44.7%


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



Ideology Data for James Davis


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
1947 52 House 63 37 D 95 33
1948 53 House 69 28 D 96 69
1949 54 House 35 62 D 98 8
1950 55 House 45 55 D 96 13
1951 56 House 33 63 D 94 0
1952 57 House 30 66 D 88 0
1953 58 House 63 29 R 39 93 36
1954 59 House 60 33 R 45 50 89 63
1955 60 House 42 52 R 37 59 93 10
1956 61 House 53 44 R 47 50 97 29
1957 62 House 44 47 R 22 70 90 0
1958 63 House 43 51 R 22 68 87 0
1959 64 House 91 0 56 40 R 37 56 94 11
1960 65 House 84 5 27 63 R 28 56 85 0
1961 66 House 83 0 24 62 D 18 65 82 0 92
1962 67 House 63 0 23 44 D 33 38 60 0 73
Lifetime conservative rating:   83%


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.