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Don Byron Colton

Representative from Utah
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1921–1933ID C000652
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LegislationHEADLINE
9%with Dems
of 489 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
9%with Dems
of 489 · both combined
Steepest move
−15 pts
1927 → 1929
still a Republican

Career arc

Legislation leads. Each point is one Congress: how often they sided with the Democratic majority on contested bills, resolutions and amendments.

100%75%50%25%0%sides with Democrats ↑sides with Republicans ↓19211927
1931–3272nd Congress
Sat as a Republican
10%with Democrats
of 70 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1927 → 1929, −15 pts — within one party label.
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, usually a bill number, how they voted and which side that matched — nothing is filled in by hand.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Mar 1, 1933S. 5612No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 28, 1933S. 5122No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 28, 1933H.R. 397No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 397), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans NayCounts toward scoreYes — the parties split.
Where this lands
NAYSided with the Republican majority
Feb 27, 1933S. 5469No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14363No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 25, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 14395No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 24, 1933H.R. 387No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 22, 1933H.R. 14724No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 72nd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls, so there is nothing to break out.

Service record

6 Congresses
67th · 192172nd · 1931
Republican · House · UT67th–72nd
Term datesexact
Members · Utah
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Don Byron Colton

Representative from Utah
HOUSER1921–19336 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
9.4%with Democrats
of 489 votes · 90.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested9%of 489 · combined
Steepest move−15 pts1927→29, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019211931
1931–32 · 72nd · Republican · of 70 votes10%

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Votes

Every roll call before 1973 has no description. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityNay
Counts toward scoreYes
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 70 contested votes scored in the 72nd

By policy area

career

The record carries no policy area for any of these roll calls.

Service record

67th · 192172nd · 1931
Republican67th–72nd

Party switchers

John Alexander LoganD→R · IL · 40thWesley Wade WatkinsD→R · OK · 105thBen Nighthorse CampbellD→R · CO · 104th
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