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Carl Durham

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 28, 1892 in White Cross, NC
Died: April 29, 1974 in Durham, NC

Education:

  • Attended University of North Carolina

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1917-1918

Career:

  • Pharmacist, 1912-1938
  • Chapel Hill city council, 1924-1932 - Chapel Hill school board, 1924-1938 - Orange County commissioner, 1932-1938

Elected Office:

  • Chapel Hill city council, 1924-1932
  • Chapel Hill school board, 1924-1938
  • Orange County commissioner, 1932-1938


Election Results for Carl Durham


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 45 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 15,730 74.3%
1940 47 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,078 52.6%
1940 47 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 55,549 78.5%
1942 49 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 16,548 74.5%
1944 51 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 50,003 73.3%
1946 53 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 17,160 44.7%
1946 53 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 1 16,378 52.9%
1946 53 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 18,564 63.4%
1948 55 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 19,913 56.1%
1948 55 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 50,659 72.1%
1950 57 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 35,649 60.7%
1950 57 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 27,751 75.4%
1952 59 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,874 55.7%
1952 59 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 84,203 69.5%
1954 61 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 35,634 84.7%
1954 61 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 30,118 74.2%
1956 63 NC D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 27,158 61.5%
1956 63 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 73,111 100.0%
1958 65 NC D U.S. House District 06 General 1 35,715 100.0%


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



Ideology Data for Carl Durham


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
1939 46 House 61 32 D 90
1940 47 House 64 15 D 68
1941 48 House 80 11 D 90
1942 49 House 25 55 D 78
1943 50 House 58 29 D 82
1944 51 House 53 33 D 83
1945 52 House 68 10 D 68
1946 53 House 39 34 D 72
1947 54 House 71 21 D 88 60
1948 55 House 53 31 D 81 58
1949 56 House 61 27 D 81 42
1950 57 House 55 22 D 73 33
1951 58 House 45 28 D 45 17
1952 59 House 45 36 D 75 27
1953 60 House 53 26 R 65 72 40
1954 61 House 57 23 R 37 42 75 29
1955 62 House 48 39 R 49 39 86 13
1956 63 House 69 19 R 41 38 81 57
1957 64 House 61 24 R 45 45 87 25
1958 65 House 51 24 R 40 36 76 36
1959 66 House 64 27 77 10 R 31 52 83 63
1960 67 House 79 0 20 33 R 26 33 54 38


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.