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James Mott

[Congressional biography]

Born: November 12, 1883 in New Washington, PA
Died: November 12, 1945 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Attended University of Oregon and Stanford University
  • Columbia University, 1909
  • Williamette University Law School, 1917

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, World War I

Career:

  • Newspaper reporter, 1909-1917
  • Lawyer
  • Astoria city attorney, 1920-1922
  • OR corporation commissioner, 1931-1932

Elected Office:

  • OR House, 1922-1928, 1930-1932


Election Results for James Mott


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 52 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 59,488 99.8%
1936 52 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 114,073 65.6%
1938 54 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 53,797 79.1%
1938 54 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 119,965 70.7%
1940 56 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 65,358 85.7%
1940 56 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 145,675 68.3%
1942 58 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,031 99.9%
1942 58 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 49,021 64.3%
1944 60 OR R U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 28,231 66.0%
1944 60 OR R U.S. House District 01 General 1 80,106 66.7%


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



Ideology Data for James Mott


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
1937 53 House 80 14 D 88
1938 54 House 71 26 D 97
1939 55 House 75 19 D 94
1940 56 House 65 27 D 85
1941 57 House 72 20 D 88
1942 58 House 50 30 D 90
1943 59 House 60 17 D 76
1944 60 House 67 30 D 92
1945 61 House 44 12 D 49


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.