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James Martin

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 11, 1935 in Savannah, GA

Education:

  • Davidson College, B.S., 1957
  • Princeton University, Ph.D., 1960

Career:

  • Taught chemistry at Davidson College, 1960-1970

Elected Office:

  • Mecklenburg County commissioner, 1966-1972


Election Results for James Martin


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1972 36 NC R U.S. House District 09 Primary 1 15,389 82.2%
1972 36 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 80,356 58.9%
1974 38 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 51,032 54.4%
1976 40 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 82,297 53.5%
1978 42 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 66,157 68.3%
1980 44 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 101,156 58.6%
1982 46 NC R U.S. House District 09 General 1 64,297 57.0%
1984 48 NC R Governor Primary 1 128,714 91.7%
1984 48 NC R Governor General 1 1,208,177 54.3%
1988 52 NC R Governor General 1 1,222,258 55.1%


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



Ideology Data for James Martin


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
1973 37 House 89 8 83 15 R 73 25 97 12 95
1974 38 House 86 8 82 11 R 77 19 93 17 76
1975 39 House 85 9 84 12 R 63 31 93 6 90
1976 40 House 90 5 84 11 R 76 22 92 20 82
1977 41 House 91 9 86 14 D 46 53 96 10 84
1978 42 House 80 9 76 16 D 35 60 91 20 96
1979 43 House 87 6 82 12 D 26 67 91 5 95
1980 44 House 86 6 81 12 D 38 56 91 11 74
1981 45 House 80 13 77 14 R 71 20 91 17 100
1982 46 House 89 10 84 7 R 75 25 92 5 100
1983 47 House 82 17 77 15 R 77 20 90 11 81
1984 48 House 73 3 53 11 R 44 23 62 27 70
Lifetime conservative rating:   88%


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.