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Oren Harris

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 20, 1903 in Belton, AR
Died: February 5, 1997 in Little Rock, AR

Education:

  • Henderson State College, 1929
  • Cumberland University Law School, 1930

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Prosecutor, 1933-1940
  • Federal judge, 1965-1997


Election Results for Oren Harris


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1940 36 AR D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 19,870 52.6%
1940 36 AR D U.S. House District 07 General 1 26,994 100.0%
1942 38 AR D U.S. House District 07 General 1 12,108 100.0%
1944 40 AR D U.S. House District 07 General 1 27,851 100.0%
1946 42 AR D U.S. House District 07 General 1 15,584 100.0%
1948 44 AR D U.S. House District 07 Primary 1 21,178 55.0%
1948 44 AR D U.S. House District 07 General 1 32,982 100.0%
1950 46 AR D U.S. House District 07 General 1 39,121 100.0%
1952 48 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 65,374 100.0%
1954 50 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 51,579 100.0%
1956 52 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 37,284 100.0%
1958 54 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1960 56 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%
1962 58 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 74,972 77.4%
1964 60 AR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 79,178 59.3%
1964 60 AR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 0 0.0%


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



Ideology Data for Oren Harris


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
1941 37 House 91 4 D 96
1942 38 House 90 10 D 99
1943 39 House 75 17 D 95
1944 40 House 70 27 D 92
1945 41 House 78 12 D 93
1946 42 House 44 26 D 59
1947 43 House 82 13 D 95 73
1948 44 House 72 25 D 90 40
1949 45 House 64 33 D 98 46
1950 46 House 58 32 D 85 36
1951 47 House 63 37 D 98 8
1952 48 House 59 41 D 97 23
1953 49 House 71 26 R 39 66 50
1954 50 House 33 27 R 21 29 55 38
1955 51 House 77 19 R 63 32 97 50
1956 52 House 81 16 R 56 38 97 71
1957 53 House 71 27 R 45 55 99 33
1958 54 House 73 24 R 58 36 96 45
1959 55 House 82 9 81 17 R 37 63 97 33
1960 56 House 79 16 59 39 R 40 58 97 25
1961 57 House 70 22 76 21 D 72 25 97 30 50
1962 58 House 44 31 67 16 D 70 17 81 50 38
1963 59 House 53 20 74 10 D 73 14 81 64 31
1964 60 House 75 8 56 29 D 60 19 84 55 50
1965 61 House 51 45 68 23 D 71 22 89 18 53
1966 62 House 0 0 D 0 0 1 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   45%


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.