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James Weaver

[Congressional biography]

Born: August 8, 1927 in Brookings, SD
Died: October 6, 2020 in Eugene, OR

Education:

  • University of Oregon, B.S., 1952

Military Service:

  • U.S. Navy, 1945-1946

Career:

  • Publisher's representative, 1954-1958
  • Bulider/developer of office & apartment complexes


Election Results for James Weaver


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1970 42 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 18,436 31.4%
1970 42 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 2 60,299 41.6%
1972 44 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 2 29,659 32.7%
1974 46 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 23,397 35.4%
1974 46 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 97,580 52.9%
1976 48 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 65,302 67.9%
1976 48 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 122,475 50.0%
1978 50 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 45,997 59.5%
1978 50 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 124,745 56.3%
1980 52 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 71,388 75.0%
1980 52 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 158,745 54.8%
1982 54 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 51,013 79.3%
1982 54 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 115,448 59.0%
1984 56 OR D U.S. House District 04 Primary 1 67,496 100.0%
1984 56 OR D U.S. House District 04 General 1 134,190 58.2%
1986 58 OR D U.S. Senate Class 3 Primary 1 183,334 61.6%


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



Ideology Data for James Weaver


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
1975 47 House 11 87 89 9 R 29 69 96 100 6
1976 48 House 15 71 79 8 R 25 63 85 100 14
1977 49 House 8 79 82 6 D 68 24 88 95 6
1978 50 House 18 74 73 18 D 65 23 88 79 14
1979 51 House 24 63 68 25 D 64 26 92 94 17
1980 52 House 23 61 59 30 D 52 40 90 88 28
1981 53 House 11 83 76 17 R 25 70 90 100 25
1982 54 House 11 79 77 11 R 21 69 89 100 0
1983 55 House 17 74 77 15 R 7 83 89 95 10
1984 56 House 17 76 75 17 R 19 73 88 100 9
1985 57 House 7 82 74 7 R 14 78 80 95 6
1986 58 House 20 62 73 8 R 7 71 77 89 6
Lifetime conservative rating:   11%


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.