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James Hanley

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 19, 1920 in Syracuse, NY
Died: October 16, 2003 in Geddes, NY

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Owner of funeral home


Election Results for James Hanley


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1964 43 NY D U.S. House District 34 General 1 96,219 51.2%
1966 45 NY D U.S. House District 34 General 1 90,044 55.1%
1968 47 NY D U.S. House District 34 General 1 96,520 51.2%
1970 49 NY D U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 10,557 78.2%
1970 49 NY D U.S. House District 35 General 1 82,425 51.9%
1972 51 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 111,481 57.2%
1974 53 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 88,660 59.1%
1976 55 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 101,419 54.8%
1978 57 NY D U.S. House District 32 General 1 76,251 52.4%


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



Ideology Data for James Hanley


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
1965 44 House 2 86 85 8 D 89 8 95 76 6
1966 45 House 16 81 94 3 D 84 6 92 76 11
1967 46 House 20 76 87 10 D 87 9 93 67 7
1968 47 House 14 80 84 13 D 84 12 96 83 4
1969 48 House 20 78 84 7 R 55 43 94 67 27
1970 49 House 18 59 78 11 R 58 26 85 82 6
1971 50 House 27 68 81 14 R 54 42 92 77 35
1972 51 House 38 55 69 26 R 70 24 93 53 20
1973 52 House 35 61 78 19 R 38 58 95 63 22
1974 53 House 38 55 78 15 R 49 47 94 65 19
1975 54 House 25 72 86 11 R 36 63 97 58 29
1976 55 House 35 60 79 16 R 29 69 93 68 20
1977 56 House 40 57 79 18 D 76 22 96 40 24
1978 57 House 36 61 72 25 D 67 27 95 40 21
1979 58 House 38 53 71 16 D 72 23 88 50 26
1980 59 House 36 58 81 10 D 76 16 66 59 26
Lifetime conservative rating:   20%


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.