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James Patterson

[Congressional biography]

Born: October 20, 1908 in Naugatuck, CT
Died: February 7, 1989 in Camden, NJ

Education:

  • Georgetown University, 1933
  • University of Miami (FL), B.A., 1934
  • George Washington University, LL.B., 1939

Military Service:

  • U.S. Marine Corps and Office of Strategic Services, 1941-1946

Career:

  • CT highway department, 1924-1933
  • U.S. Department of Labor, 1934-1937
  • Social Security Board, 1937-1938
  • U.S. Treasury Department, 1938-1940


Election Results for James Patterson


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1946 37 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 51,790 53.1%
1948 39 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 62,804 51.1%
1950 41 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 65,915 53.0%
1952 43 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 83,848 56.7%
1954 45 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 68,451 52.8%
1956 47 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 1 91,690 61.9%
1958 49 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 2 62,353 46.2%
1960 51 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 2 71,964 44.9%
1966 57 CT R Treasurer General 2 445,637 44.9%
1970 61 CT R U.S. House District 05 General 2 78,414 44.3%


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



Ideology Data for James Patterson


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
1947 38 House 79 18 D 92 42
1948 39 House 92 3 D 95 15
1949 40 House 68 21 D 85 23
1950 41 House 66 19 D 74 29
1951 42 House 61 31 D 90 27
1952 43 House 43 41 D 83 60
1953 44 House 74 18 R 94 93 36
1954 45 House 63 20 R 71 5 68 57
1955 46 House 61 29 R 54 41 91 56
1956 47 House 72 28 R 74 15 92 86
1957 48 House 44 53 R 78 15 92 89
1958 49 House 35 59 R 80 20 98 67


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.