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Ezekiel Candler Gathings

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1939–1969ID G000098
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LegislationHEADLINE
51%with Dems
of 1,594 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
51%with Dems
of 1,594 · both combined
Steepest move
−33 pts
1941 → 1943
still a Democrat

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 ↓19391945195119571963
1967–6890th Congress
Sat as a Democrat
25.7%with Democrats
of 167 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1941 → 1943, −33 pts — while still a Democrat.
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
Oct 11, 1968H.R. 18707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 11, 1968H.R. 20300No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 19908No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 19908), 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
Oct 10, 1968H.Res. 1304No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17324No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 10, 1968H.R. 17735No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY
Oct 9, 1968S.J.Res. 175No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 167 contested votes scored in the 90th 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

15 Congresses
76th · 193990th · 1967
Democrat · House · AR76th–90th
Term datesexact
Members · Arkansas
EG

Ezekiel Candler Gathings

Representative from Arkansas
HOUSED1939–196915 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
50.7%with Democrats
of 1,594 votes · 49.3% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested51%of 1,594 · combined
Steepest move−33 pts1941→43, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019391967
1967–68 · 90th · Democrat · of 167 votes25.7%

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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 · 167 contested votes scored in the 90th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

76th · 193990th · 1967
Democrat76th–90th

Party switchers

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