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Jim Wright

[Congressional biography]

Born: December 22, 1922 in Fort Worth, TX
Died: May 6, 2015 in Fort Worth, TX

Education:

  • Attended University of Texas, 1940-1941

Military Service:

  • U.S. Army Air Force, World War II
  • Awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross

Career:

  • Partner in advertising firm

Elected Office:

  • TX House, 1947-1949
  • Mayor of Weatherford (TX), 1950-1954


Election Results for Jim Wright


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

YearAgeStatePartyOfficeDistrictStagePosVotes%
2004 81 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 32,535 100.0%
2004 81 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 2 77,324 29.7%
2006 83 TX D U.S. House District 08 Primary 1 19,881 100.0%
2006 83 TX D U.S. House District 08 General 2 51,393 32.7%


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



Ideology Data for Jim Wright


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
1955 32 House 74 23 R 59 39 99 56
1956 33 House 84 13 R 65 35 97 71
1957 34 House 78 22 R 50 50 98 56
1958 35 House 92 8 R 70 28 98 75
1959 36 House 91 9 77 15 R 52 44 94 56
1960 37 House 38 47 69 16 R 53 44 91 56
1961 38 House 39 9 52 9 D 54 12 67 71 30
1962 39 House 44 50 63 26 D 75 22 88 63 46
1963 40 House 40 27 76 7 D 76 7 83 67 33
1964 41 House 33 50 76 8 D 81 10 80 83 21
1965 42 House 22 45 60 9 D 76 4 75 50 44
1966 43 House 32 38 68 13 D 72 11 81 33 25
1967 44 House 30 52 78 8 D 76 9 80 64 23
1968 45 House 35 51 57 16 D 64 16 72 50 5
1969 46 House 38 53 65 16 R 55 23 80 33 36
1970 47 House 43 39 57 26 R 52 31 78 25 39
1971 48 House 48 23 43 27 R 67 19 73 29 50
1972 49 House 50 38 62 26 R 57 38 81 21 40
1973 50 House 44 47 71 19 R 39 45 85 42 43
1974 51 House 49 36 62 26 R 53 32 87 30* 44
1975 52 House 59 36 64 31 R 52 45 92 32* 43
1976 53 House 59 32 61 29 R 45 49 86 35 39
1977 54 House 27 64 82 9 D 77 16 90 50 8
1978 55 House 33 57 77 12 D 68 22 86 42 5
1979 56 House 35 52 77 9 D 69 14 83 41 6
1980 57 House 32 48 78 5 D 74 16 84 50 24
1981 58 House 63 28 60 23 R 49 43 88 33 17
1982 59 House 56 36 79 16 R 48 48 94 58 19
1983 60 House 56 39 81 15 R 43 55 94 74 5
1984 61 House 58 37 73 16 R 42 47 86 60 38
1985 62 House 36 47 81 5 R 23 68 87 63 14
1986 63 House 40 46 83 5 R 19 73 89 80 14
1987 64 House 3 0 R 0 2 2 100 0
1988 65 House 3 0 R 2 2 2 0 0
1989 66 House 4 1 R 5 5 5 50 0
Lifetime conservative rating:   26%


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.