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Frank Asbury Mathews Jr.

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1945–1949ID M000233
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LegislationHEADLINE
16%with Dems
of 128 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
16%with Dems
of 128 · both combined
Steepest move
−16 pts
1945 → 1947
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 ↓1945
1947–4880th Congress
Sat as a Republican
8.8%with Democrats
of 68 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
Steepest move: 1945 → 1947, −16 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
Aug 5, 1948S.J.Res. 157No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Aug 4, 1948H.Res. 707No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Jun 20, 1948H.R. 6801No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYNEITHER · NOT SCORED
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 6801), 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 19, 1948S. 2655No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 19, 1948H.R. 6481No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6959No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948S. 2242No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jun 18, 1948H.R. 6771No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 80th 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

2 Congresses
79th · 194580th · 1947
Republican · House · NJ79th–80th
Term datesexact
Members · New Jersey
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Frank Asbury Mathews Jr.

Representative from New Jersey
HOUSER1945–19492 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
16.4%with Democrats
of 128 votes · 83.6% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested16%of 128 · combined
Steepest move−16 pts1945→47, as a Republican

Career arc

10050019451947
1947–48 · 80th · Republican · of 68 votes8.8%

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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 majorityYea
Counts toward scoreNo
Open roll call
Latest 6 shown · 68 contested votes scored in the 80th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

79th · 194580th · 1947
Republican79th–80th

Party switchers

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