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James Morrison

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 8, 1908 in Hammond, LA
Died: July 20, 2000 in Hammond, LA

Education:

  • Tulane University, LL.B., J.D., 1934

Career:

  • Lawyer


Election Results for James Morrison


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1938 29 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 2 21,832 38.2%
1940 31 LA D Governor Primary 4 48,243 8.7%
1942 33 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 9,313 100.0%
1944 35 LA D Governor Primary 3 76,081 15.9%
1944 35 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 38,561 100.0%
1946 37 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 33,798 74.6%
1946 37 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 8,781 100.0%
1948 39 LA D Governor Primary 4 101,754 15.8%
1948 39 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 47,515 100.0%
1950 41 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 68,472 88.9%
1950 41 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 34,718 100.0%
1952 43 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 61,744 100.0%
1954 45 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 30,082 100.0%
1956 47 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 63,309 91.5%
1956 47 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 58,414 100.0%
1958 49 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 54,664 90.1%
1958 49 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 20,599 100.0%
1960 51 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 78,640 85.6%
1962 53 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 65,807 70.9%
1962 53 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 48,894 100.0%
1964 55 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 55,775 52.8%
1964 55 LA D U.S. House District 06 General 1 82,686 62.9%
1966 57 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 71,878 49.5%
1966 57 LA D U.S. House District 06 Primary Runoff 2 80,988 48.8%


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



Ideology Data for James Morrison


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
1943 34 House 42 44 D 69
1944 35 House 57 20 D 57
1945 36 House 62 14 D 64
1946 37 House 62 10 D 50
1947 38 House 58 16 D 50 50
1948 39 House 61 11 D 67 38
1949 40 House 68 8 D 71 82
1950 41 House 71 5 D 36 57
1951 42 House 75 10 D 55 36
1952 43 House 68 0 D 38 83
1953 44 House 58 18 R 64 62 44
1954 45 House 50 20 R 21 21 41 63
1955 46 House 55 13 R 24 32 57 67
1956 47 House 22 9 R 38 26 49 50
1957 48 House 54 4 R 30 35 60 33
1958 49 House 54 4 R 22 30 60 80
1959 50 House 55 9 56 8 R 17 41 55 67
1960 51 House 5 58 47 6 R 26 35 55 63
1961 52 House 22 48 64 3 D 69 5 66 80 18
1962 53 House 19 56 70 4 D 63 3 63 75 27
1963 54 House 20 47 79 2 D 75 1 67 83 15
1964 55 House 25 50 77 5 D 79 6 73 77 14
1965 56 House 18 71 85 6 D 84 4 88 63 24
1966 57 House 14 30 48 5 D 44 2 48 64 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   17%


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.