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William Harsha

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 1, 1921 in Portsmouth, OH
Died: October 11, 2010 in Portsmouth, OH

Education:

  • Kenyon College, 1943
  • Western Reserve University, 1947

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps, 1942-1944

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Portsmouth city solicitor, 1947-1951
  • Scioto County prosecutor, 1951-1955


Election Results for William Harsha


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 39 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 17,948 69.5%
1960 39 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 80,124 55.2%
1962 41 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 23,222 93.5%
1962 41 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 72,743 60.4%
1964 43 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 31,779 100.0%
1964 43 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 86,015 60.1%
1966 45 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 21,842 100.0%
1966 45 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 74,847 67.9%
1968 47 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 34,481 100.0%
1968 47 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 107,289 72.4%
1970 49 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,685 100.0%
1970 49 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 82,772 67.8%
1972 51 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 37,938 100.0%
1972 51 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 128,394 100.0%
1974 53 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 29,130 100.0%
1974 53 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 93,400 68.8%
1976 55 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 42,586 100.0%
1976 55 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 107,064 61.5%
1978 57 OH R U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 26,224 89.8%
1978 57 OH R U.S. House District 06 General 1 85,592 64.9%


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



Ideology Data for William Harsha


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
1961 40 House 74 13 69 21 D 31 55 84 10 75
1962 41 House 94 0 91 4 D 37 62 94 0 93
1963 42 House 80 20 77 14 D 30 61 90 8 93
1964 43 House 92 8 92 6 D 23 75 97 8 88
1965 44 House 80 12 71 16 D 32 60 88 0 100
1966 45 House 92 3 86 8 D 33 56 92 0 88
1967 46 House 80 9 80 11 D 43 49 88 14 86
1968 47 House 76 12 71 16 D 39 49 86 9 87
1969 48 House 82 13 65 18 R 38 53 90 13 80
1970 49 House 84 7 67 29 R 72 22 91 12 83
1971 50 House 76 11 72 17 R 70 21 88 8 95
1972 51 House 85 9 75 18 R 73 24 89 0 70
1973 52 House 80 14 67 24 R 57 38 89 17 65
1974 53 House 79 16 67 25 R 64 36 93 18 47
1975 54 House 78 15 65 24 R 40 53 87 16 76
1976 55 House 74 13 75 18 R 53 31 88 7 87
1977 56 House 83 12 71 21 D 41 47 91 16 77
1978 57 House 83 13 75 21 D 29 67 93 15 83
1979 58 House 83 8 76 14 D 21 68 87 17 75
1980 59 House 63 14 59 18 D 34 48 77 14 69
Lifetime conservative rating:   80%


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.