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Harrison Williams

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 10, 1919 in Plainfield, NJ
Died: November 17, 2001 in Bedminster, NJ

Military Service:

  • U.S. Naval Reserve (actve duty, 1941-1945)

Elected Office:

  • Candidate for NJ Assembly, 1951

Other notes:

  • One of the congressional targets in the government operation known as "ABSCAM"
  • Convicted of charges related to this effort and sentenced on February 17, 1982 to three years in prison, of which he served twenty-one months
  • During subsequent Senate proceedings on an expulsion motion, he resigned his seat on March 11, 1982


Election Results for Harrison Williams


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YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
1953 33 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Special 1 68,871 50.8%
1954 34 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 18,199 100.0%
1954 34 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 1 85,784 56.1%
1956 36 NJ D U.S. House District 06 Primary 1 14,447 100.0%
1956 36 NJ D U.S. House District 06 General 2 102,015 48.5%
1958 38 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 152,413 43.1%
1958 38 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 966,832 51.4%
1964 44 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 184,972 100.0%
1964 44 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,677,515 61.9%
1970 50 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 190,692 65.6%
1970 50 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,157,074 54.0%
1976 56 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 Primary 1 378,553 85.1%
1976 56 NJ D U.S. Senate Class 1 General 1 1,681,140 60.7%


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



Ideology Data for Harrison Williams


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
1954 34 House 73 20 R 68 26 89 89
1955 35 House 87 10 R 63 29 93 80
1956 36 House 75 25 R 79 21 99 100
1959 39 Senate 7 87 84 11 R 38 53 91 92
1960 40 Senate 11 80 75 18 R 60 35 94 100
1961 41 Senate 5 100 83 9 D 79 13 93 100 7
1962 42 Senate 24 68 83 11 D 81 10 90 83 7
1963 43 Senate 5 88 78 9 D 84 7 88 94 0
1964 44 Senate 10 82 72 20 D 72 12 89 84 13
1965 45 Senate 8 80 81 6 D 80 10 87 88 7
1966 46 Senate 1 89 81 4 D 68 15 83 95 7
1967 47 Senate 4 77 77 5 D 74 13 87 83 14
1968 48 Senate 7 87 88 6 D 74 16 90 86 8
1969 49 Senate 7 81 79 10 R 51 39 87 100 15
1970 50 Senate 7 70 77 5 R 36 40 78 95 0
1971 51 Senate 13 77 79 10 R 34 60 87 96 0
1972 52 Senate 4 83 77 6 R 28 57 86 95 0
1973 53 Senate 7 82 81 5 R 29 54 88 89 8
1974 54 Senate 9 83 81 11 R 34 57 92 90* 0
1975 55 Senate 6 90 88 6 R 49 48 95 89 6
1976 56 Senate 18 68 76 10 R 30 62 89 94 6
1977 57 Senate 11 86 86 10 D 80 14 95 89 0
1978 58 Senate 8 83 88 6 D 85 11 95 80 4
1979 59 Senate 4 84 84 6 D 81 9 91 78 0
1980 60 Senate 4 86 84 9 D 72 25 93 81 5
1981 61 Senate 11 66 74 11 R 38 41 84 94 0
1982 62 Senate 0 0 R 1 1 3 0 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   5%


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.