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Hamilton Jones

[Congressional biography]

Born: September 26, 1884 in Charlotte, NC
Died: August 10, 1957 in Charlotte, NC

Education:

  • University of North Carolina, 1906
  • Columbia University, 1907

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Charlotte municipal judge, 1913-1919
  • Assistant U.S. Attorney for Western NC, 1919-1921

Elected Office:

  • NC Senate, 1925-1927


Election Results for Hamilton Jones


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 53 NC D U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 31,957 47.0%
1944 59 NC D U.S. House District 10 Primary 2 10,573 37.1%
1946 61 NC D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 17,945 80.8%
1946 61 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 1 24,614 53.8%
1948 63 NC D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 15,862 72.6%
1948 63 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 1 48,043 59.6%
1950 65 NC D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 33,840 78.8%
1950 65 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 1 33,591 52.3%
1952 67 NC D U.S. House District 10 Primary 1 24,380 69.6%
1952 67 NC D U.S. House District 10 General 2 61,149 42.6%


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



Ideology Data for Hamilton Jones


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
1947 62 House 68 18 D 82 60
1948 63 House 50 22 D 78 33
1949 64 House 67 24 D 86 50
1950 65 House 68 30 D 93 36
1951 66 House 60 37 D 93 23
1952 67 House 36 45 D 82 10


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.