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Jamie Whitten

[Congressional biography]

Born: April 18, 1910 in Cascilla, MS
Died: September 9, 1995 in Oxford, MS

Education:

  • Attended University of Mississippi Law School

Career:

  • School principal, 1930-1931
  • Lawyer
  • District attorney, 1933-1941

Elected Office:

  • MS House, 1931-1932


Election Results for Jamie Whitten


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1941 31 MS D U.S. House District 02 Special 1 8,703 69.2%
1942 32 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 5,698 100.0%
1944 34 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 16,251 98.7%
1946 36 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 6,411 100.0%
1948 38 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 13,771 100.0%
1950 40 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 5,891 100.0%
1952 42 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 29,025 100.0%
1954 44 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 13,516 100.0%
1956 46 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 23,513 100.0%
1958 48 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 7,982 100.0%
1960 50 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 23,942 100.0%
1962 52 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 34,322 60.3%
1962 52 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 31,345 100.0%
1964 54 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 35,218 98.3%
1964 54 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 70,218 100.0%
1966 56 MS D U.S. House District 02 Primary 1 44,091 89.7%
1966 56 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 53,620 83.5%
1968 58 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 71,260 100.0%
1970 60 MS D U.S. House District 02 General 1 51,689 86.5%
1972 62 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 34,829 87.0%
1972 62 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 87,526 100.0%
1974 64 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 39,158 88.2%
1976 66 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 93,687 100.0%
1978 68 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 41,409 58.3%
1978 68 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 57,358 66.6%
1980 70 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 104,269 63.0%
1982 72 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 21,042 84.2%
1982 72 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 79,726 70.9%
1984 74 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 23,184 88.2%
1984 74 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 136,530 88.4%
1986 76 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 26,310 77.1%
1986 76 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 59,870 66.4%
1988 78 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 56,222 85.4%
1988 78 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 137,445 78.2%
1990 80 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 43,668 64.9%
1992 82 MS D U.S. House District 01 Primary 1 36,817 81.9%
1992 82 MS D U.S. House District 01 General 1 121,664 59.5%


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



Ideology Data for Jamie Whitten


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
1941 31 House 0 4 D 11
1942 32 House 55 45 D 93
1943 33 House 73 23 D 91
1944 34 House 33 30 D 58
1945 35 House 54 26 D 73
1946 36 House 36 56 D 92
1947 37 House 74 21 D 94 50
1948 38 House 61 36 D 90 46
1949 39 House 41 47 D 86 17
1950 40 House 38 51 D 91 0
1951 41 House 43 51 D 90 23
1952 42 House 45 52 D 96 15
1953 43 House 76 16 R 40 90 30
1954 44 House 77 20 R 45 50 96 67
1955 45 House 68 26 R 44 49 92 38
1956 46 House 66 19 R 47 44 86 29
1957 47 House 58 36 R 32 63 96 11
1958 48 House 43 54 R 24 70 95 0
1959 49 House 100 0 44 46 R 37 50 87 22
1960 50 House 79 21 41 57 R 30 70 98 22
1961 51 House 96 4 34 59 D 34 62 92 0 93
1962 52 House 75 6 28 56 D 23 52 80 13 92
1963 53 House 80 7 26 52 D 24 48 72 8 86
1964 54 House 92 0 32 60 D 42 56 90 15 87
1965 55 House 86 6 23 67 D 29 63 89 0 87
1966 56 House 78 0 13 61 D 22 50 74 0 90
1967 57 House 85 6 37 58 D 49 46 91 7 93
1968 58 House 86 4 22 65 D 40 49 88 17 81
1969 59 House 84 7 27 64 R 45 45 86 14 100
1970 60 House 68 2 32 46 R 52 40 82 6 76
1971 61 House 75 8 30 49 R 68 26 79 9 100
1972 62 House 85 12 28 65 R 49 51 94 6 80
1973 63 House 87 8 34 62 R 59 34 95 13 64
1974 64 House 83 14 37 60 R 57 38 94 26* 81
1975 65 House 77 11 33 57 R 47 44 90 16* 67
1976 66 House 87 9 32 61 R 53 43 92 15 70
1977 67 House 85 12 41 53 D 46 48 92 11 68
1978 68 House 73 13 39 45 D 40 48 81 25 70
1979 69 House 78 19 50 43 D 44 52 95 17 40
1980 70 House 76 15 46 40 D 56 39 87 29 68
1981 71 House 67 31 63 36 R 50 49 97 32 25
1982 72 House 49 34 66 27 R 40 53 92 47 52
1983 73 House 63 31 71 22 R 30 66 94 67 19
1984 74 House 56 39 76 18 R 39 58 95 53 35
1985 75 House 55 35 79 13 R 33 68 92 55 24
1986 76 House 60 34 76 16 R 30 64 92 58 16
1987 77 House 70 21 82 10 R 33 61 93 71 13
1988 78 House 45 53 90 8 R 28 68 97 65 20
1989 79 House 66 34 79 19 R 52 47 98 50 42
1990 80 House 69 30 79 16 R 34 62 94 44 43
1991 81 House 57 27 78 15 R 39 55 94 31 33
1992 82 House 52 19 60 10 R 27 36 70 77 31
1993 83 House 77 11 67 12 D 80 8 82 50 27
1994 84 House 44 17 62 5 D 62 13 64 54 35
Lifetime conservative rating:   57%


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.