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James Fulton

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 1, 1903 in Dormont, PA
Died: October 6, 1971 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Penn State University, 1924
  • Harvard Law School, 1927

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve, 1942-1945 (served in South Pacific)

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Allegheny County Board of Law Examiners, 1934-1942
  • Newspaper publisher

Elected Office:

  • PA Senate, 1939-1940


Election Results for James Fulton


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1942 39 PA R U.S. House District 32 General 2 39,262 48.4%
1944 41 PA R U.S. House District 31 General 1 71,222 53.8%
1946 43 PA R U.S. House District 31 General 1 70,419 63.8%
1948 45 PA R U.S. House District 31 General 1 75,147 56.4%
1950 47 PA R U.S. House District 31 General 1 82,525 67.5%
1952 49 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 118,915 62.6%
1954 51 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 92,533 62.8%
1956 53 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 126,247 66.0%
1958 55 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 105,998 64.1%
1960 57 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 127,995 59.1%
1962 59 PA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 23,908 87.5%
1962 59 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 112,034 65.5%
1964 61 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 120,395 62.7%
1966 63 PA R U.S. House District 27 Primary 1 31,301 74.4%
1966 63 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 108,731 67.7%
1968 65 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 130,784 66.7%
1970 67 PA R U.S. House District 27 General 1 86,932 60.5%


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



Ideology Data for James Fulton


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 42 House 36 34 D 71
1946 43 House 41 46 D 88
1947 44 House 76 16 D 92 42
1948 45 House 69 19 D 85 64
1949 46 House 39 41 D 80 62
1950 47 House 51 40 D 86 71
1951 48 House 55 31 D 85 64
1952 49 House 39 52 D 89 77
1953 50 House 55 34 R 88 90 78
1954 51 House 57 40 R 71 24 92 63
1955 52 House 45 48 R 61 29 89 78
1956 53 House 53 41 R 74 18 90 100
1957 54 House 27 59 R 72 20 87 89
1958 55 House 32 68 R 82 14 97 83
1959 56 House 45 55 52 48 R 72 28 100 67
1960 57 House 16 84 35 65 R 58 42 99 89
1961 58 House 43 57 64 34 D 57 40 97 70 33
1962 59 House 37 63 51 42 D 63 30 94 75 40
1963 60 House 40 53 48 36 D 52 38 88 50 53
1964 61 House 25 75 47 44 D 63 27 87 54 50
1965 62 House 33 61 49 47 D 67 30 95 33 60
1966 63 House 43 49 64 31 D 50 41 93 35 59
1967 64 House 52 46 62 36 D 59 36 94 40 64
1968 65 House 37 59 45 50 D 72 25 95 50 26
1969 66 House 40 60 31 67 R 51 45 97 60 40
1970 67 House 18 75 19 78 R 69 25 94 59 6
1971 68 House 54 44 48 48 R 51 49 94 58 45
Lifetime conservative rating:   43%


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.