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James Trimble

[Congressional biography]

Born: February 3, 1894 in Osage, AR
Died: March 10, 1972 in Eureka Springs, AR

Education:

  • University of Arkansas, 1917

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army, World War I

Career:

  • Lawyer
  • Carroll County official, 1920-1928
  • Prosecutor, 1930-1938
  • Circuit court judge, 1938-1944


Election Results for James Trimble


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1944 50 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 20,051 63.3%
1946 52 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 24,950 100.0%
1948 54 AR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 20,583 77.6%
1948 54 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 27,278 68.6%
1950 56 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 34,434 100.0%
1952 58 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 49,284 56.0%
1954 60 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 60,035 100.0%
1956 62 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 54,481 61.4%
1958 64 AR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 41,729 67.6%
1958 64 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1960 66 AR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 48,993 74.6%
1960 66 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 0 0.0%
1962 68 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 58,786 69.3%
1964 70 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 1 71,228 54.7%
1966 72 AR D U.S. House District 03 Primary 1 56,894 56.8%
1966 72 AR D U.S. House District 03 General 2 74,009 46.9%


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



Ideology Data for James Trimble


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 51 House 82 12 D 96
1946 52 House 79 16 D 89
1947 53 House 87 5 D 87 83
1948 54 House 83 6 D 87 75
1949 55 House 85 12 D 98 92
1950 56 House 90 8 D 97 67
1951 57 House 91 3 D 88 69
1952 58 House 86 9 D 96 67
1953 59 House 84 16 R 53 99 73
1954 60 House 80 20 R 61 39 100 67
1955 61 House 90 10 R 71 29 100 80
1956 62 House 75 25 R 65 32 97 71
1957 63 House 95 5 R 62 38 100 78
1958 64 House 57 11 R 50 22 69 78
1959 65 House 64 36 94 6 R 43 57 100 67
1960 66 House 42 58 78 22 R 40 58 98 67
1961 67 House 30 65 93 5 D 91 5 97 90 20
1962 68 House 19 75 91 4 D 92 7 97 63 21
1963 69 House 20 40 58 3 D 49 4 53 80 17
1964 70 House 42 58 92 6 D 87 8 98 77 25
1965 71 House 18 82 94 5 D 93 7 100 63 29
1966 72 House 11 51 63 4 D 59 8 68 73 19
Lifetime conservative rating:   22%


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.