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James Grover

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 5, 1919 in Babylon, NY
Died: October 14, 2012 in Babylon, NY

Education:

  • Hofstra College, 1941
  • Columbia University Law School, 1949

Military Service:

  • Coast Artillery, 1942-1943
  • Air Corps, 1943-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • NY Assembly, 1957-1962


Election Results for James Grover


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1962 43 NY R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,847 81.1%
1962 43 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 70,352 55.7%
1964 45 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 88,390 51.6%
1966 47 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 79,649 54.7%
1968 49 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 129,731 69.0%
1970 51 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,443 66.1%
1972 53 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 1 99,348 65.8%
1974 55 NY R U.S. House District 02 General 2 53,344 44.7%


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



Ideology Data for James Grover


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
1963 44 House 67 33 81 19 D 39 31 97 25 80
1964 45 House 33 67 61 37 D 60 40 98 23 50
1965 46 House 86 14 85 14 D 49 51 100 11 82
1966 47 House 81 16 75 24 D 48 46 94 18 68
1967 48 House 78 20 83 13 D 49 50 93 7 79
1968 49 House 63 31 66 29 D 56 41 94 17 78
1969 50 House 76 16 71 18 R 55 34 90 13 64
1970 51 House 70 11 64 18 R 66 18 85 19 75
1971 52 House 86 9 79 9 R 81 14 88 6 95
1972 53 House 80 15 75 15 R 76 19 92 6 70
1973 54 House 72 23 71 23 R 60 31 91 8 96
1974 55 House 60 35 56 34 R 53 45 87 26* 55
Lifetime conservative rating:   75%


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.