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James McClure

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 27, 1924 in Payette, ID
Died: February 26, 2011 in Garden City, ID

Education:

  • Univeristy of Idaho Law School, 1950

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1942-1946

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Payette County prosecutor, 1950-1956
  • Payette city attorney, 1953-1966

Elected Office:

  • ID Senate, 1961-1966


Election Results for James McClure


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1966 41 ID R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,290 55.3%
1966 41 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 70,410 51.8%
1968 43 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 90,870 59.4%
1970 45 ID R U.S. House District 01 General 1 77,515 58.2%
1972 47 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 46,522 36.1%
1972 47 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 161,804 52.3%
1978 53 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 194,412 68.4%
1984 59 ID R U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 293,193 72.2%


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



Ideology Data for James McClure


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
1967 42 House 94 4 89 8 D 35 60 93 13 92
1968 43 House 75 12 59 17 D 44 38 82 0 90
1969 44 House 87 2 80 15 R 40 47 89 8 73
1970 45 House 86 2 74 14 R 65 28 83 12 94
1971 46 House 51 2 46 9 R 54 5 58 8 100
1972 47 House 49 9 40 11 R 38 16 59 0 86
1973 48 Senate 72 6 66 11 R 61 24 77 29 92
1974 49 Senate 89 4 82 9 R 64 30 91 0 94
1975 50 Senate 96 1 91 3 R 74 18 93 6* 89
1976 51 Senate 78 5 77 6 R 72 15 83 0 75
1977 52 Senate 83 3 81 5 D 42 50 86 6 97
1978 53 Senate 72 10 75 6 D 18 60 74 0 96
1979 54 Senate 93 0 88 7 D 30 64 94 0 94
1980 55 Senate 86 8 82 8 D 31 59 87 18 100
1981 56 Senate 89 5 85 7 R 79 15 92 11 93
1982 57 Senate 88 3 85 9 R 68 24 95 6 82
1983 58 Senate 82 0 80 9 R 69 31 89 0 88
1984 59 Senate 83 2 80 6 R 83 10 85 0 100
1985 60 Senate 93 7 91 7 R 78 20 97 0 100
1986 61 Senate 93 4 87 9 R 92 6 97 0 100
1987 62 Senate 100 0 85 8 R 68 22 89 0 96
1988 63 Senate 92 5 88 7 R 67 23 94 6 91
1989 64 Senate 97 3 93 5 R 88 10 98 0 92
1990 65 Senate 92 5 85 13 R 69 26 97 6 91
Lifetime conservative rating:   92%


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.