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William Dawson (Bill) Gunter Jr.

Representative from Florida
HOUSEDEMOCRAT1973–1975ID G000528
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LegislationHEADLINE
57%with Dems
of 330 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
57%with Dems
of 330 · both combined

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 ↓1973
1973–7493rd Congress
Sat as a Democrat
57.3%with Democrats
of 330 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Sat as a DemocratSat as a RepublicanVotes available below

Votes

9 of these 9 roll calls have no description. About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank in the source too. Some also lack a bill number.

DateBillVoteTypeCastSided with
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 620No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Dec 20, 1974S. 4206No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 14449No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 14449), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
YEAVoted with both majorities — not scored
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 6668No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 421No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Dec 20, 1974H.R. 10710No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1494No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1520No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Dec 19, 1974H.Res. 1511No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 330 contested votes scored in the 93rd CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance63.3% · 60 votes
Congress61.7% · 47 votes
Energy71% · 31 votes
Labor and Employment57.1% · 21 votes
International Affairs31.3% · 16 votes
Transportation and Public Works50% · 14 votes
District of Columbia58.3% · 12 votes
Government Operations and Politics75% · 12 votes
Armed Forces and National Security100% · 10 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Law— · 9 votes
Commerce— · 6 votes
Health— · 6 votes
Environmental Protection— · 5 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4 votes
Education— · 4 votes
Housing and Community Development— · 4 votes
Mines and mineral resources— · 4 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Public works— · 3 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3 votes
Agriculture and Food— · 2 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 2 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2 votes
Coins and coinage— · 1 vote
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Monuments and memorials— · 1 vote
Private Legislation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1 vote
Social Welfare— · 1 vote
Water Resources Development— · 1 vote

They also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Blue is the share of votes siding with the Democratic majority; the tick marks 50%.

Service record

1 Congresses
93rd · 1973
Democrat · House · FL93rd–93rd
Term datesexact
Members · Florida
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William Dawson (Bill) Gunter Jr.

Representative from Florida
HOUSED1973–19751 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
57.3%with Democrats
of 330 votes · 42.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested57%of 330 · combined

Career arc

10050019731973
1973–74 · 93rd · Democrat · of 330 votes57.3%

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Votes

About 25% of roll calls since 1989 are blank too. These rows carry a date, a bill number where one exists, how they voted and which side that matched.
Democratic majorityYea
Republican majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 330 contested votes scored in the 93rd

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance63.3% · 60
Congress61.7% · 47
Energy71% · 31
Labor and Employment57.1% · 21
International Affairs31.3% · 16
Transportation and Public Works50% · 14
District of Columbia58.3% · 12
Government Operations and Politics75% · 12
Armed Forces and National Security100% · 10
Law— · 9
Commerce— · 6
Health— · 6
Environmental Protection— · 5
Public Lands and Natural Resources— · 5
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 4
Commemorations— · 4
Crime and Law Enforcement— · 4
Education— · 4
Housing and Community Development— · 4
Mines and mineral resources— · 4
Petroleum industry— · 3
Public works— · 3
Vietnamese Conflict— · 3
Agriculture and Food— · 2
Congressional-executive relations— · 2
Foreign Trade and International Finance— · 2
Coins and coinage— · 1
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 1
Gold— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Monuments and memorials— · 1
Private Legislation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Science, Technology, Communications— · 1
Social Welfare— · 1
Water Resources Development— · 1

Also voted in 26 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: American Revolution Bicentennial, Animals, Child welfare, Credit, Disabled, Disaster relief, Economic stabilization, Emergency Management, Executive reorganization, Finance and Financial Sector, Impeachments, Livestock, Lotteries, Minorities, Motor vehicles, Narcotics, Real property, Reclamation of land, Recreation areas, Rivers, Sports and Recreation, Taxation, Territories (U.S.), Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Youth.

Service record

93rd · 197393rd · 1973
Democrat93rd–93rd

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