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James Harvey

[Congressional biography]

Born: July 4, 1922 in Iron Mountain, MI
Died: July 20, 2019 in Naples, FL

Education:

  • University of Michigan Law School, 1948

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Corps, 1942-1945

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Assistant Saginaw city attorney, 1949-1953
  • U.S. District Court judge, 1973-2019 (Senior status as of 1984)

Elected Office:

  • Saginaw city council and county supervisor, 1955-1957
  • Mayor of Sagiinaw, 1957-1959


Election Results for James Harvey


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1960 37 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 14,659 36.6%
1960 37 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 94,405 62.2%
1962 39 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 23,735 100.0%
1962 39 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 77,022 60.5%
1964 41 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 36,802 70.1%
1964 41 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 84,588 54.7%
1966 43 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 29,574 100.0%
1966 43 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 85,657 69.9%
1968 45 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 44,314 90.5%
1968 45 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 105,238 68.8%
1970 47 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 34,897 100.0%
1970 47 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 85,634 65.9%
1972 49 MI R U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 37,481 100.0%
1972 49 MI R U.S. House District 08 General 1 100,597 59.3%


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



Ideology Data for James Harvey


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 38 House 83 4 71 9 D 38 51 85 0 73
1962 39 House 81 12 75 14 D 42 50 86 0 64
1963 40 House 60 7 74 7 D 30 54 81 0 86
1964 41 House 42 17 52 8 D 25 40 61 20 73
1965 42 House 63 20 62 21 D 52 41 87 21 69
1966 43 House 68 14 70 18 D 45 43 85 27 67
1967 44 House 61 33 69 29 D 60 37 92 27 57
1968 45 House 53 29 57 24 D 66 24 83 18 65
1969 46 House 49 42 42 44 R 57 30 87 29 36
1970 47 House 73 9 74 14 R 75 11 82 24 63
1971 48 House 64 30 56 32 R 72 26 90 31 38
1972 49 House 60 29 53 31 R 57 24 85 25 43
1973 50 House 51 20 50 22 R 50 26 68 18 79
1974 51 House 0 0 R 1 0 1 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   63%


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.