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Joseph O'Hara

[Congressional biography]

Born: January 23, 1895 in Tipton, IA
Died: March 4, 1975 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Notre Dame University Law School, 1920

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, 1917-1919

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • McLeod County attorney, 1934-1938


Election Results for Joseph O'Hara


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1936 41 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 3 4,150 18.6%
1938 43 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 15,967 51.4%
1938 43 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 2 43,919 35.9%
1940 45 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,754 43.1%
1940 45 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 66,610 49.0%
1942 47 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 60,028 70.0%
1944 49 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,867 75.7%
1946 51 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,578 79.2%
1946 51 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,487 76.0%
1948 53 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 22,963 51.3%
1948 53 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 82,886 63.9%
1950 55 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 31,674 71.8%
1950 55 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,304 59.9%
1952 57 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 25,707 55.7%
1952 57 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 101,641 67.7%
1954 59 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,842 100.0%
1954 59 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 71,592 57.9%
1956 61 MN R U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 23,651 69.9%
1956 61 MN R U.S. House District 02 General 1 97,520 63.8%


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



Ideology Data for Joseph 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
1941 46 House 72 17 D 70
1942 47 House 60 20 D 83
1943 48 House 69 15 D 78
1944 49 House 80 17 D 94
1945 50 House 68 14 D 80
1946 51 House 80 16 D 92
1947 52 House 74 16 D 85 0
1948 53 House 81 8 D 87 25
1949 54 House 88 12 D 98 8
1950 55 House 77 15 D 90 7
1951 56 House 91 4 D 95 8
1952 57 House 70 9 D 71 9
1953 58 House 47 13 R 67 58 17
1954 59 House 73 23 R 63 32 93 11
1955 60 House 71 23 R 51 46 97 0
1956 61 House 3 0 R 21 0 16 0
1957 62 House 71 19 R 35 55 84 0
1958 63 House 70 22 R 46 48 92 0


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.