Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews

Representative from Florida

HOUSEDEMOCRAT1953–1967ID M000253

LegislationHEADLINE

68%with Dems

of 716 votes

Nominations

—with Dems

of 0 · confirmations only

All contested

68%with Dems

of 716 · both combined

Steepest move

−23 pts

1963 → 1965

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 ↓195319591965

1965–6689th Congress

Sat as a Democrat

54.9%with Democrats

of 164 contested votes

Votes for this Congress are open below

Steepest move: 1963 → 1965, −23 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 21, 1966H.R. 18381No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 21, 1966H.R. 14644No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 20, 1966H.R. 13161No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY

Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 13161), 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

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Oct 20, 1966S. 3708No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 1013No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYBOTH · NOT SCORED

Oct 19, 1966S.J.Res. 167No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 18233No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYDEM MAJORITY

Oct 19, 1966H.R. 5688No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED

9 most recent roll calls shown · 164 contested votes scored in the 89th 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

7 Congresses

83rd · 195389th · 1965

Democrat · House · FL83rd–89th

Term datesexact

Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews

Representative from Florida

HOUSED1953–19677 CONGRESSES

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LegislationHEADLINE

68.3%with Democrats

of 716 votes · 31.7% with Republicans

Nominations—of 0 votes

All contested68%of 716 · combined

Steepest move−23 pts1963→65, as a Democrat

Career arc

10050019531965

1965–66 · 89th · Democrat · of 164 votes54.9%

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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

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Latest 6 shown · 164 contested votes scored in the 89th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

83rd · 195389th · 1965

Democrat83rd–89th

Party switchers

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