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James Eastland

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 28, 1904 in Doddsville, MS
Died: February 19, 1986 in Doddsville, MS

Education:

  • Attended University of Mississippi, Vanderbilt University and University of Alabama

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Farmer

Elected Office:

  • MS House, 1928-1932
  • Appointed to the U.S. Senate on June 30, 1941 to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Pat Harrison


Election Results for James Eastland


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 37 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 50,118 37.6%
1942 37 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary Runoff 1 74,747 56.8%
1942 37 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 51,355 100.0%
1948 43 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 151,478 100.0%
1954 49 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 136,836 62.0%
1954 49 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 100,848 95.6%
1960 55 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 136,735 94.2%
1960 55 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 244,341 91.8%
1966 61 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 240,171 83.1%
1966 61 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 258,248 65.5%
1972 67 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 203,847 70.2%
1972 67 MS D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 375,102 58.1%


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



Ideology Data for James Eastland


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
1945 40 Senate 52 19 D 59
1946 41 Senate 37 42 D 83
1947 42 Senate 49 26 D 71 70
1948 43 Senate 55 24 D 84 62
1949 44 Senate 38 25 D 67 8
1950 45 Senate 49 27 D 57 13
1951 46 Senate 44 30 D 71 45
1952 47 Senate 59 29 D 86 43
1953 48 Senate 42 42 R 63 76 31
1954 49 Senate 52 14 R 18 30 47 38
1955 50 Senate 54 27 R 52 33 82 22
1956 51 Senate 43 43 R 35 51 88 14
1957 52 Senate 66 16 R 39 49 83 20
1958 53 Senate 53 29 R 46 45 90 27
1959 54 Senate 82 5 39 53 R 45 42 90 0
1960 55 Senate 74 0 36 36 R 33 44 73 0
1961 56 Senate 88 2 26 54 D 27 55 80 10 79
1962 57 Senate 62 9 35 40 D 27 42 66 0 93
1963 58 Senate 72 2 37 39 D 29 33 66 6 93
1964 59 Senate 90 0 34 48 D 44 32 81 0 86
1965 60 Senate 93 3 26 63 D 33 57 88 0 100
1966 61 Senate 71 4 20 47 D 29 40 70 5 67
1967 62 Senate 71 2 33 43 D 50 32 74 8 100
1968 63 Senate 81 4 26 44 D 32 48 76 0 76
1969 64 Senate 74 6 38 42 R 35 44 74 0 75
1970 65 Senate 67 5 23 46 R 51 19 70 5 95
1971 66 Senate 92 1 32 56 R 62 21 83 8 94
1972 67 Senate 71 3 19 60 R 70 9 75 11 75
1973 68 Senate 85 1 25 54 R 55 31 80 6 77
1974 69 Senate 83 6 20 63 R 57 25 81 11 73
1975 70 Senate 72 3 19 49 R 47 17 65 0* 77
1976 71 Senate 67 3 14 56 R 53 19 71 6 70
1977 72 Senate 74 6 28 54 D 60 25 83 12 59
1978 73 Senate 68 8 17 52 D 20 54 63 14 56
Lifetime conservative rating:   78%


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.