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James Utt

[Congressional biography]

Born: March 11, 1899 in Tustin, CA
Died: March 1, 1970 in Bethesda, MD

Education:

  • Attended Santa Ana Junior College, 1942-1943
  • University of Southern California Law School, 1946

Career:

  • Farmer
  • CA inheritance tax appraiser, 1936-1952
  • Lawyer

Elected Office:

  • CA Assembly, 1932-1936


Election Results for James Utt


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1952 53 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 23,801 38.5%
1952 53 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 11,094 22.9%
1952 53 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 106,972 63.0%
1954 55 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 50,056 93.0%
1954 55 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 16,835 39.2%
1954 55 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 95,680 66.2%
1956 57 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 72,649 94.7%
1956 57 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 19,544 31.1%
1956 57 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 159,456 64.5%
1958 59 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 82,789 91.6%
1958 59 CA D U.S. House District 28 Primary 2 20,262 25.2%
1958 59 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 152,855 58.2%
1960 61 CA R U.S. House District 28 Primary 1 106,857 99.5%
1960 61 CA R U.S. House District 28 General 1 241,765 60.9%
1962 63 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 84,884 100.0%
1962 63 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 133,737 68.5%
1964 65 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 105,421 100.0%
1964 65 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 167,791 65.0%
1966 67 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 112,350 100.0%
1966 67 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 189,582 73.1%
1968 69 CA R U.S. House District 35 Primary 1 98,343 74.9%
1968 69 CA R U.S. House District 35 General 1 216,093 72.5%


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



Ideology Data for James Utt


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
1953 54 House 89 5 R 76 96 27
1954 55 House 83 7 R 66 29 83 0
1955 56 House 87 3 R 51 37 87 11
1956 57 House 78 19 R 56 41 95 14
1957 58 House 85 8 R 40 52 92 0
1958 59 House 78 8 R 38 54 91 0
1959 60 House 100 0 94 2 R 63 30 91 11
1960 61 House 100 0 88 8 R 35 60 95 0
1961 62 House 83 0 84 7 D 11 74 85 0 100
1962 63 House 75 6 84 4 D 17 68 81 0 92
1963 64 House 67 7 83 5 D 15 72 82 0 100
1964 65 House 83 8 81 5 D 19 69 80 0 100
1965 66 House 82 4 79 5 D 22 61 83 0 100
1966 67 House 76 0 70 6 D 19 51 76 6 96
1967 68 House 46 4 56 2 D 20 37 53 0 100
1968 69 House 75 2 72 1 D 25 49 67 0 95
1969 70 House 64 0 53 7 R 26 26 69 0 80
1970 71 House 7 0 R 8 0 7 14 100
Lifetime conservative rating:   96%


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.