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James Murray

[Congressional biography]

Born: May 3, 1876 in St. Thomas, Ontario
Died: March 23, 1961 in Butte, MT

Education:

  • St. Jerome's College, 1897
  • New York University Law School, 1900

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Banker
  • Silver Bow County attorney, 1906-1908
  • Public Works Administration, 1933-1934


Election Results for James Murray


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 60 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 47,154 42.3%
1936 60 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 121,769 55.0%
1942 66 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 47,826 62.5%
1942 66 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 83,673 49.1%
1948 72 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 62,658 81.6%
1948 72 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 125,193 56.6%
1954 78 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 Primary 1 65,896 86.9%
1954 78 MT D U.S. Senate Class 2 General 1 114,591 50.4%


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



Ideology Data for James Murray


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
1945 69 Senate 55 5 D 64
1946 70 Senate 76 10 D 77
1947 71 Senate 81 7 D 90 80
1948 72 Senate 80 9 D 81 100
1949 73 Senate 88 5 D 92 100
1950 74 Senate 77 9 D 67 100
1951 75 Senate 54 4 D 52 100
1952 76 Senate 38 9 D 53 92
1953 77 Senate 81 8 R 54 66 100
1954 78 Senate 91 6 R 31 58 88 85
1955 79 Senate 38 0 R 33 17 49 89
1956 80 Senate 78 3 R 38 42 83 93
1957 81 Senate 61 5 R 49 26 75 75
1958 82 Senate 70 5 R 27 37 65 90
1959 83 Senate 7 40 43 0 R 12 32 48 77
1960 84 Senate 17 39 43 4 R 33 23 51 75


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.