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Edward Hart

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 25, 1893 in Jersey City, NJ
Died: April 20, 1961 in West Allenhurst, NJ

Education:

  • St. Peter's College, 1913
  • Georgetown University Law School, 1924

Career:

  • Internal Revenue Service field deputy, 1916-1921
  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Jersey City corporation counsel, 1930-1934
  • NJ Public Utlility Commission, 1955-1960


Election Results for Edward Hart


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 43 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 43,402 100.0%
1936 43 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 96,053 79.3%
1938 45 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 43,627 100.0%
1938 45 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 86,128 78.6%
1940 47 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 48,626 100.0%
1940 47 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 84,538 65.3%
1942 49 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 40,516 100.0%
1942 49 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 75,322 78.9%
1944 51 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 35,488 100.0%
1944 51 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 79,158 63.2%
1946 53 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 36,409 100.0%
1946 53 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 65,979 63.2%
1948 55 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 31,176 100.0%
1948 55 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 76,881 62.8%
1950 57 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 30,230 72.1%
1950 57 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 61,410 59.2%
1952 59 NJ D U.S. House District 14 Primary 1 35,313 100.0%
1952 59 NJ D U.S. House District 14 General 1 67,109 51.5%


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



Ideology Data for Edward Hart


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
1937 44 House 69 22 D 87
1938 45 House 71 19 D 82
1939 46 House 83 13 D 89
1940 47 House 68 17 D 83
1941 48 House 65 17 D 78
1942 49 House 50 0 D 67
1943 50 House 60 19 D 80
1944 51 House 83 10 D 80
1945 52 House 62 0 D 56
1946 53 House 66 11 D 54
1947 54 House 71 18 D 75 82
1948 55 House 72 14 D 85 80
1949 56 House 80 9 D 86 92
1950 57 House 82 14 D 86 93
1951 58 House 91 1 D 83 100
1952 59 House 77 2 D 63 92
1953 60 House 63 32 R 70 69 90
1954 61 House 80 13 R 42 34 79 89


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.