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James Haley

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 4, 1899 in Jacksonville, AL
Died: August 6, 1981 in Sarasota, FL

Education:

  • Attended University of Alabama

Military Service:

  • World War I

Career:

  • Accountant, 1920-1933
  • GM of John Ringling estate and VP/President, Ringling Brothers, Barnum & Bailey Circus, 1933-1948
  • Newspaper publisher/printer

Elected Office:

  • FL House, 1949-1952


Election Results for James Haley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 53 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 36,973 56.3%
1954 55 FL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 29,950 82.8%
1954 55 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 23,469 55.5%
1956 57 FL D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 31,571 58.7%
1956 57 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 47,985 62.4%
1958 59 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 28,953 100.0%
1960 61 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 65,144 61.4%
1962 63 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 52,417 66.8%
1964 65 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 79,504 100.0%
1966 67 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 64,498 63.2%
1968 69 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 91,539 55.0%
1970 71 FL D U.S. House District 07 General 1 78,535 53.4%
1972 73 FL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 89,068 57.8%
1974 75 FL D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 31,439 75.2%
1974 75 FL D U.S. House District 08 General 1 63,283 56.7%


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



Ideology Data for James Haley


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
1953 54 House 61 29 R 61 62 30
1954 55 House 53 37 R 61 32 86 75
1955 56 House 52 42 R 49 46 97 0
1956 57 House 38 41 R 32 50 82 14
1957 58 House 46 51 R 25 75 98 0
1958 59 House 30 70 R 38 62 100 0
1959 60 House 100 0 46 54 R 46 54 100 0
1960 61 House 95 5 27 73 R 33 67 98 0
1961 62 House 100 0 21 76 D 31 69 100 0 100
1962 63 House 88 0 23 67 D 38 57 91 13 71
1963 64 House 100 0 19 77 D 31 66 98 8 94
1964 65 House 100 0 19 73 D 29 65 93 0 94
1965 66 House 100 0 10 89 D 31 69 100 0 94
1966 67 House 84 0 10 76 D 31 61 89 0 100
1967 68 House 98 2 11 89 D 33 65 98 0 100
1968 69 House 96 0 9 83 D 40 56 91 0 100
1969 70 House 96 0 22 75 R 36 53 95 7 100
1970 71 House 82 2 22 65 R 54 37 86 0 78
1971 72 House 90 7 19 73 R 65 35 95 9 100
1972 73 House 85 5 11 81 R 43 32 88 0 89
1973 74 House 87 13 35 64 R 59 40 99 16 72
1974 75 House 78 14 32 56 R 51 34 88 17* 67
1975 76 House 84 15 37 63 R 49 47 99 16 78
1976 77 House 90 4 27 64 R 63 31 92 11 71
Lifetime conservative rating:   86%


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.