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Burr Harrison

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 2, 1904 in Winchester, VA
Died: December 29, 1973 in Winchester, VA

Education:

  • Georgetown University Law School, 1926

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Frederick County attorney, 1932-1940
  • Circuit court judge, 1942-1946

Elected Office:

  • VA Senate, 1940-1942


Election Results for Burr Harrison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 41 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 19,535 62.3%
1946 41 VA D U.S. House District 07 Special 1 19,711 62.5%
1948 43 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 25,799 60.4%
1950 45 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 19,932 69.4%
1952 47 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 37,360 79.1%
1954 49 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 22,025 74.2%
1956 51 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 40,069 69.0%
1958 53 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 30,486 76.6%
1960 55 VA D U.S. House District 07 General 1 42,199 99.6%


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



Ideology Data for Burr Harrison


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
1947 42 House 71 26 D 96 50
1948 43 House 69 28 D 82 38
1949 44 House 59 35 D 86 46
1950 45 House 47 48 D 89 7
1951 46 House 40 54 D 84 23
1952 47 House 25 66 D 86 8
1953 48 House 47 53 R 61 94 20
1954 49 House 60 37 R 29 55 89 22
1955 50 House 61 39 R 63 37 99 40
1956 51 House 69 31 R 53 47 100 14
1957 52 House 56 44 R 37 63 100 11
1958 53 House 32 62 R 44 50 94 8
1959 54 House 100 0 42 50 R 54 44 92 0
1960 55 House 79 0 41 47 R 51 47 90 0
1961 56 House 65 4 22 28 D 32 25 52 0 78
1962 57 House 44 0 33 19 D 38 22 48 14 50
Lifetime conservative rating:   62%


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.