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Harley Staggers

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 3, 1907 in Keyser, WV
Died: August 20, 1991 in Cumberland, MD

Education:

  • Emory and Henry College, 1931

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Air Corps, 1942-1946

Career:

  • High school teacher/coach, 1931-1933
  • Head coach of Potomac State College, 1933-1935
  • Mineral County sheriff, 1937-1941

Other notes:

  • Father of Harley Staggers, Jr.


Election Results for Harley Staggers


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1948 40 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 14,637 44.1%
1948 40 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 61,786 54.7%
1950 42 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 20,838 100.0%
1950 42 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 53,485 54.3%
1952 44 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,775 100.0%
1952 44 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 67,172 51.5%
1954 46 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 26,911 100.0%
1954 46 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 50,283 55.0%
1956 48 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 36,432 77.2%
1956 48 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 63,327 52.4%
1958 50 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 29,327 100.0%
1958 50 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 57,761 62.6%
1960 52 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,987 100.0%
1960 52 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 74,184 60.3%
1962 54 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,353 100.0%
1962 54 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 62,291 58.7%
1964 56 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 48,151 100.0%
1964 56 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 87,928 64.9%
1966 58 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 30,417 85.9%
1966 58 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 51,235 60.3%
1968 60 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 48,196 83.9%
1968 60 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 91,022 61.5%
1970 62 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 32,732 100.0%
1970 62 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 56,263 62.7%
1972 64 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 68,092 76.7%
1972 64 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 128,286 70.0%
1974 66 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 73,683 64.4%
1976 68 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 77,649 100.0%
1976 68 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 136,749 73.2%
1978 70 WV D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 51,268 100.0%
1978 70 WV D U.S. House District 02 General 1 69,683 55.3%


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



Ideology Data for Harley Staggers


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 41 House 79 5 D 83 92
1950 42 House 89 5 D 86 92
1951 43 House 85 3 D 84 92
1952 44 House 82 5 D 79 100
1953 45 House 74 26 R 53 90 90
1954 46 House 90 7 R 50 42 93 78
1955 47 House 68 23 R 34 54 89 80
1956 48 House 78 19 R 68 29 96 86
1957 49 House 75 19 R 68 32 95 100
1958 50 House 68 16 R 60 28 81 67
1959 51 House 0 100 90 4 R 43 52 90 89
1960 52 House 11 79 80 18 R 47 51 92 100
1961 53 House 30 65 78 21 D 71 18 90 90 14
1962 54 House 25 63 63 23 D 68 22 85 75 29
1963 55 House 13 67 81 3 D 83 3 84 92 7
1964 56 House 25 75 82 8 D 83 10 90 69 25
1965 57 House 14 76 76 8 D 79 5 85 59 20
1966 58 House 11 73 89 1 D 86 7 93 76 8
1967 59 House 30 54 78 7 D 83 9 87 73 14
1968 60 House 24 61 73 12 D 73 17 85 67 5
1969 61 House 42 49 73 18 R 55 38 89 42 40
1970 62 House 30 50 69 18 R 58 29 85 60 17
1971 63 House 47 33 59 25 R 60 25 82 40 71
1972 64 House 35 49 63 21 R 49 35 86 33 20
1973 65 House 36 59 76 19 R 33 61 91 63 40
1974 66 House 40 50 72 18 R 38 55 91 45 20
1975 67 House 26 57 74 11 R 37 51 88 56 23
1976 68 House 37 55 77 16 R 31 63 93 68 18
1977 69 House 28 49 70 12 D 62 19 81 47 21
1978 70 House 34 62 78 18 D 65 29 96 45 13
1979 71 House 32 51 74 15 D 63 23 87 63 15
1980 72 House 32 48 70 11 D 63 16 80 69 12
Lifetime conservative rating:   21%


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.