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Barratt O'Hara

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 28, 1882 in St. Joseph, MI
Died: August 11, 1969 in Washington, DC

Education:

  • Attended University of Missouri from 1901-1902, and Northwestern University, 1909-1910
  • Chicago-Kent College of Law, 1912

Military Service:

  • MI Volunteer Infanty, Spanish-American War
  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Newspaper editor, 1902-1912
  • Lawyer
  • President of Arizona Film Co., 1916-1917
  • Radio commentator, 1933-1935

Elected Office:

  • IL Lt. Governor, 1913-1917


Election Results for Barratt O'Hara


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 54 IL D U.S. House District AL Primary 3 542,571 29.6%
1938 56 IL D U.S. House District AL Primary 5 250,147 10.2%
1948 66 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 16,983 54.1%
1948 66 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,648 50.5%
1950 68 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,742 86.2%
1950 68 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 2 71,945 46.4%
1952 70 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,426 70.2%
1952 70 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 94,253 51.4%
1954 72 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 18,069 84.1%
1954 72 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 80,016 61.6%
1956 74 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 27,218 81.1%
1956 74 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 86,386 55.3%
1958 76 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,543 100.0%
1958 76 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 75,691 68.3%
1960 78 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,061 86.5%
1960 78 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 103,535 66.6%
1962 80 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 28,215 100.0%
1962 80 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 78,119 62.3%
1964 82 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 37,079 100.0%
1964 82 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 107,795 67.3%
1966 84 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,197 52.4%
1966 84 IL D U.S. House District 02 General 1 83,471 59.2%
1968 86 IL D U.S. House District 02 Primary 2 12,647 26.4%


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



Ideology Data for Barratt O'Hara


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
1949 67 House 82 12 D 91 85
1950 68 House 84 15 D 93 93
1953 71 House 76 24 R 59 99 100
1954 72 House 100 0 R 61 39 99 100
1955 73 House 100 0 R 63 37 100 100
1956 74 House 88 13 R 62 38 100 100
1957 75 House 85 15 R 63 37 100 89
1958 76 House 86 14 R 74 24 98 100
1959 77 House 0 100 100 0 R 44 56 100 100
1960 78 House 5 95 86 14 R 56 44 100 100
1961 79 House 13 87 93 7 D 94 6 100 100 7
1962 80 House 12 88 93 5 D 95 3 99 100 0
1963 81 House 0 100 96 2 D 94 4 99 100 0
1964 82 House 0 100 98 0 D 98 2 99 92 0
1965 83 House 0 86 80 3 D 80 4 87 100 6
1966 84 House 3 95 94 0 D 91 5 96 94 8
1967 85 House 4 96 96 4 D 92 8 100 87 0
1968 86 House 2 71 65 4 D 63 6 65 100 5
Lifetime conservative rating:   4%


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.