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James Hansen

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 14, 1932 in Salt Lake City, UT
Died: November 14, 2018 in Farmington, UT

Education:

  • University of Utah, B.S., 1961

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1951-1955

Career:

  • Real estate/insurance businessman

Elected Office:

  • Farmington city council, 1960-1972
  • UT House, 1973-1980 (Speaker, 1979-1980


Election Results for James Hansen


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1980 47 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 157,111 52.1%
1982 49 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 111,416 62.8%
1984 51 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 142,952 71.2%
1986 53 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,151 51.6%
1988 55 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 130,893 59.8%
1990 57 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 82,746 52.2%
1992 59 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 160,037 65.3%
1994 61 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,954 64.5%
1996 63 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 150,126 68.3%
1998 65 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 109,708 67.7%
2000 67 UT R U.S. House District 01 General 1 180,591 69.0%


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



Ideology Data for James Hansen


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
1981 48 House 83 4 80 4 R 71 16 83 0 100
1982 49 House 85 5 77 8 R 77 12 85 0 100
1983 50 House 89 2 83 3 R 77 13 85 0 100
1984 51 House 85 5 88 5 R 74 16 92 5 87
1985 52 House 96 2 85 9 R 81 15 94 5 95
1986 53 House 84 8 80 8 R 79 16 88 0 91
1987 54 House 91 9 86 8 R 73 23 94 4 95
1988 55 House 84 0 78 8 R 66 22 88 0 100
1989 56 House 95 2 89 7 R 80 17 95 0 100
1990 57 House 93 4 85 10 R 83 15 96 0 92
1991 58 House 95 3 89 7 R 82 15 97 0 100
1992 59 House 85 8 81 9 R 89 8 90 5 100
1993 60 House 100 0 92 6 D 32 67 97 0 96
1994 61 House 100 0 93 5 D 36 60 98 0 95
1995 62 House 91 1 94 3 D 20 77 97 0 92
1996 63 House 92 2 91 5 D 38 56 96 0 100
1997 64 House 84 9 91 4 D 27 71 96 0 91
1998 65 House 95 2 92 4 D 18 72 96 5 100
1999 66 House 93 6 D 20 78 97 10 84
2000 67 House 89 5 D 30 68 90 0 96
2001 68 House 94 1 R 86 7 94 5 100
2002 69 House 95 2 R 71 14 92 0 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.