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Robert Harrison

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 26, 1897 near Panama, NE
Died: June 11, 1977 in Norfolk, NE

Education:

  • Peru State Teachers College, 1926
  • University of California, 1928
  • University of Nebraska, 1934

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1918-1919

Career:

  • School superintendent, 1926-1937
  • Owner/operator of oil business
  • Farm operator
  • U.S. Department of Agriculture, 1959-1960

Elected Office:

  • Norfolk school board, 1942-1951


Election Results for Robert Harrison


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1951 54 NE R U.S. House District 03 Special 1 34,860 70.6%
1952 55 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 34,859 82.2%
1952 55 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 89,879 71.9%
1954 57 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 24,793 79.0%
1954 57 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 61,124 65.2%
1956 59 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 12,193 50.5%
1956 59 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 1 62,645 50.1%
1958 61 NE R U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 17,501 67.9%
1958 61 NE R U.S. House District 03 General 2 42,636 44.6%
1962 65 NE R U.S. House District 01 Primary 3 8,027 12.4%


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



Ideology Data for Robert 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
1952 55 House 77 7 D 86 8
1953 56 House 87 13 R 81 94 10
1954 57 House 73 7 R 68 21 87 11
1955 58 House 77 13 R 63 29 88 10
1956 59 House 66 22 R 71 21 90 29
1957 60 House 88 8 R 52 45 96 0
1958 61 House 70 11 R 50 34 85 17


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.