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Nelson Edwin Matthews

Representative from Ohio
HOUSEREPUBLICAN1915–1917ID M000254
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LegislationHEADLINE
12%with Dems
of 73 votes
Nominations
—with Dems
of 0 · confirmations only
All contested
12%with Dems
of 73 · 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 ↓1915
1915–1664th Congress
Sat as a Republican
12.3%with Democrats
of 73 contested votes
Votes for this Congress are open below
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
Feb 5, 1917H.J.Res. 250No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Feb 1, 1917H.R. 10384No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Feb 1, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Full textNo description in the source record. What survives: the date, the bill number (H.R. 20573), 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
Feb 1, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEAREP MAJORITY
Feb 1, 1917H.R. 20573No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 27, 1917H.Res. 473No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONNAYREP MAJORITY
Jan 26, 1917H.R. 20079No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEADEM MAJORITY
Jan 19, 1917H.R. 18994No description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
Jan 17, 1917noneNo description in the source recordLEGISLATIONYEABOTH · NOT SCORED
9 most recent roll calls shown · 73 contested votes scored in the 64th 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

1 Congresses
64th · 1915
Republican · House · OH64th–64th
Term datesexact
Members · Ohio
NM

Nelson Edwin Matthews

Representative from Ohio
HOUSER1915–19171 CONGRESSES
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LegislationHEADLINE
12.3%with Democrats
of 73 votes · 87.7% with Republicans
Nominations—of 0 votes
All contested12%of 73 · combined

Career arc

10050019151915
1915–16 · 64th · Republican · of 73 votes12.3%

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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 · 73 contested votes scored in the 64th

By policy area

career

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

Service record

64th · 191564th · 1915
Republican64th–64th

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