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William Matthew Ketchum

Representative from California
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1973–1979ID K000153
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LegislationHEADLINE
11%with Dems
of 1,265 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
11%with Dems
of 1,265 · both combined
Steepest move
+2 pts
1975 → 1977
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 ↓1973
1977–7895th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.5%with Democrats
of 417 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1975 → 1977, +2 pts — within one party label.
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
Jun 22, 1978H.R. 13125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Jun 22, 1978H.R. 13125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1978H.R. 13125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13125), how they voted and which side that matched.Party majoritiesDemocrats Yea · Republicans YeaCounts toward scoreNo — both party majorities voted Yea.
Where this lands
NAYVoted against both majorities — not scored
Jun 22, 1978H.R. 13125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 22, 1978H.R. 13125No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1978H.Res. 1212No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1978H.R. 12932No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 21, 1978H.R. 12932No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 21, 1978H.R. 12932No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 417 contested votes scored in the 95th CongressAll votes this Congress →

By policy area

career · legislation
Economics and Public Finance13% · 239 votes
Congress11.1% · 144 votes
Energy8.4% · 107 votes
Government Operations and Politics11.1% · 90 votes
International Affairs1.5% · 66 votes
Labor and Employment17.5% · 40 votes
Transportation and Public Works8.8% · 34 votes
Armed Forces and National Security12.9% · 31 votes
Agriculture and Food10.7% · 28 votes
Taxation18.5% · 27 votes
Public Lands and Natural Resources4.2% · 24 votes
Environmental Protection9.5% · 21 votes
Foreign Trade and International Finance19% · 21 votes
Law0% · 19 votes
Education6.3% · 16 votes
Crime and Law Enforcement20% · 15 votes
Commerce14.3% · 14 votes
Industrial relations7.1% · 14 votes
Mines and mineral resources0% · 14 votes
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 13 votes
Social Welfare8.3% · 12 votes
District of Columbia9.1% · 11 votes
Housing and Community Development0% · 11 votes
Too few contested votes to score
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9 votes
Lobbying— · 9 votes
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9 votes
Health— · 8 votes
Independent regulatory commissions— · 8 votes
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7 votes
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6 votes
Mortgages— · 6 votes
Public works— · 6 votes
Black lung— · 5 votes
Commemorations— · 4 votes
Congressional-executive relations— · 4 votes
Income tax— · 4 votes
Municipal finance— · 4 votes
Private Legislation— · 4 votes
Coins and coinage— · 3 votes
Credit— · 3 votes
Embargo— · 3 votes
International economic relations— · 3 votes
Petroleum industry— · 3 votes
Political participation— · 3 votes
Postal rates and revenues— · 3 votes
Revenue sharing— · 3 votes
Conferences— · 2 votes
Constitutional amendments— · 2 votes
Contested elections— · 2 votes
Depletion allowances— · 2 votes
Executive reorganization— · 2 votes
Government securities— · 2 votes
Life insurance— · 2 votes
Monuments and memorials— · 2 votes
Museums— · 2 votes
Power resources— · 2 votes
Printing— · 2 votes
Real property— · 2 votes
Territories (U.S.)— · 2 votes
Water Resources Development— · 2 votes
Youth— · 2 votes
Animals— · 1 vote
Aquaculture— · 1 vote
Barber and beauty shops— · 1 vote
Chemicals— · 1 vote
Congressional oversight— · 1 vote
Cultural centers— · 1 vote
Day care— · 1 vote
Disabled— · 1 vote
Domestic relations— · 1 vote
Droughts— · 1 vote
Emergency Management— · 1 vote
Gold— · 1 vote
Government corporations— · 1 vote
Heating— · 1 vote
Home repair and improvement— · 1 vote
Immigration— · 1 vote
Indian claims— · 1 vote
Intergovernmental relations— · 1 vote
Lakes— · 1 vote
Livestock— · 1 vote
Motor vehicles— · 1 vote
Native Americans— · 1 vote
Noise— · 1 vote
Political representation— · 1 vote
Postal service— · 1 vote
Reclamation of land— · 1 vote
Refugees— · 1 vote
Rehabilitation— · 1 vote
Right of privacy— · 1 vote
Rivers— · 1 vote

They also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split, so there is nothing to score — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Clergy, Climate, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Right to counsel, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

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

Service record

3 Congresses
93rd · 197395th · 1977
Republican · House · CA93rd–95th
Term datesexact
Members · California
WK

William Matthew Ketchum

Representative from California
HOUSER1973–19793 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
11.5%with Democrats
of 1,265 votes · 88.5% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested11%of 1,265 · combined
Steepest move+2 pts1975→77, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019731977
1977–78 · 95th · Republican · of 417 votes12.5%

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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 · 417 contested votes scored in the 95th

By policy area

career
Economics and Public Finance13% · 239
Congress11.1% · 144
Energy8.4% · 107
Government Operations and Politics11.1% · 90
International Affairs1.5% · 66
Labor and Employment17.5% · 40
Transportation and Public Works8.8% · 34
Armed Forces and National Security12.9% · 31
Agriculture and Food10.7% · 28
Taxation18.5% · 27
Public Lands and Natural Resources4.2% · 24
Environmental Protection9.5% · 21
Foreign Trade and International Finance19% · 21
Law0% · 19
Education6.3% · 16
Crime and Law Enforcement20% · 15
Commerce14.3% · 14
Industrial relations7.1% · 14
Mines and mineral resources0% · 14
Finance and Financial Sector0% · 13
Social Welfare8.3% · 12
District of Columbia9.1% · 11
Housing and Community Development0% · 11
Congressional-Presidential relations— · 9
Lobbying— · 9
Vietnamese Conflict— · 9
Health— · 8
Independent regulatory commissions— · 8
Science, Technology, Communications— · 7
Arts, Culture, Religion— · 6
Mortgages— · 6
Public works— · 6
Black lung— · 5
Commemorations— · 4
Congressional-executive relations— · 4
Income tax— · 4
Municipal finance— · 4
Private Legislation— · 4
Coins and coinage— · 3
Credit— · 3
Embargo— · 3
International economic relations— · 3
Petroleum industry— · 3
Political participation— · 3
Postal rates and revenues— · 3
Revenue sharing— · 3
Conferences— · 2
Constitutional amendments— · 2
Contested elections— · 2
Depletion allowances— · 2
Executive reorganization— · 2
Government securities— · 2
Life insurance— · 2
Monuments and memorials— · 2
Museums— · 2
Power resources— · 2
Printing— · 2
Real property— · 2
Territories (U.S.)— · 2
Water Resources Development— · 2
Youth— · 2
Animals— · 1
Aquaculture— · 1
Barber and beauty shops— · 1
Chemicals— · 1
Congressional oversight— · 1
Cultural centers— · 1
Day care— · 1
Disabled— · 1
Domestic relations— · 1
Droughts— · 1
Emergency Management— · 1
Gold— · 1
Government corporations— · 1
Heating— · 1
Home repair and improvement— · 1
Immigration— · 1
Indian claims— · 1
Intergovernmental relations— · 1
Lakes— · 1
Livestock— · 1
Motor vehicles— · 1
Native Americans— · 1
Noise— · 1
Political representation— · 1
Postal service— · 1
Reclamation of land— · 1
Refugees— · 1
Rehabilitation— · 1
Right of privacy— · 1
Rivers— · 1

Also voted in 69 areas where the parties never split — never on a contested question: Age and employment, Agriculture in foreign trade, American Revolution Bicentennial, Auditing, Aviation insurance, Awards, medals, prizes, Broadcasting, Cemeteries and funerals, Child abuse, Child welfare, Citizenship, Civil Rights and Liberties, Minority Issues, Clergy, Climate, Conservation of natural resources, Contempt of legislative bodies, Corporations, Customs administration, Dairy industry, Disaster relief, Earthquakes, Economic stabilization, Emigration, Families, Federal advisory bodies, Federal-state relations, Fire fighters, Fishes, Gambling, Government life insurance, Government property, Government publications, Human rights, Impeachments, Insect control, Interest, Intergovernmental fiscal relations, International agencies, Leases, Libraries, Lotteries, Marine mammal protection, Marine resources conservation, Minorities, Municipal budgets, Municipal home rule, Municipal politics and government, Narcotics, National emblems, Nuclear facilities, Nuclear weapons, Political prisoners, Prices, Public records, Real estate business, Recall of officials, Recreation areas, Referendum, Right to counsel, Rural conditions, Salaries, Solar energy, Sports and Recreation, Strategic materials, Terrorism, Tobacco, Volunteer workers, Water conservation, Witnesses.

Service record

93rd · 197395th · 1977
Republican93rd–95th

Party switchers

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