D. R. Matthews

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Billy Matthews


Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 8th district
In office January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1967
Preceded by	District created
Succeeded by	William C. Cramer
Member of the Florida House of Representatives
In office 1935

Personal details
Born	Donald Ray Matthews October 3, 1907 Micanopy, Florida
Died	October 26, 1997(1997-10-26) (aged 90) Gainesville, Florida
Resting place	Hawthorne Cemetery
Political party	Democratic
Spouse	Mary Matthews

Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews (October 3, 1907 – October 26, 1997) was an American educator, World War II veteran and politician who served seven terms as a U.S. Representative from Florida from 1953 to 1967.

Life and career

Born in Micanopy, Florida, Matthews attended the public schools of Hawthorne, Florida.

He graduated from the University of Florida at Gainesville in 1929 and taught school in Leesburg, Florida, and in Orlando, Florida from 1929 to 1935. He also served as a high school principal in Newberry, Florida in 1935 and 1936.

He served as a member of the State house of representatives in 1935 was a member of the administrative staff of the University of Florida from 1936 to 1952.

He served as assistant State 4-H agent in the summers of 1928–1938.

World War II

He served in the United States Army from 1942 to 1946 and was discharged as a captain of Infantry.

Congress

Matthews was elected as a Democrat to the Eighty-third and to the six succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1953 – January 3, 1967), during which time he was a signatory to the 1956 Southern Manifesto that opposed the desegregation of public schools ordered by the Supreme Court in Brown v. Board of Education.

He was an unsuccessful candidate for reelection to the Ninetieth Congress in 1966, defeated in the Democratic primary by Don Fuqua.

Later career

In his post-congressional years, Matthews worked as a consultant and administrator for the Rural Community Development Service of the United States Department of Agriculture from 1967 to 1969. He was also an instructor of political science at Santa Fe Community College (Gainesville, Florida) from 1969 to 1977.

He was a resident of Gainesville, Florida until his death.

Death and burial =

Billy Matthews died on October 26, 1997 at the age of 90. He was interred at Hawthorne Cemetery.

References

United States Congress. "D. R. Matthews (id: M000253)". Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

U.S. House of Representatives
Preceded by District created	Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida's 8th congressional district 1953-1967	Succeeded by William C. Cramer

Members of the U.S. House of Representatives from Florida

Territory	Hernández Call White Downing Levy
At-large	Cabell Brockenbrough Cabell Maxwell Hawkins Hamilton Walls Niblack Purman and Walls (served concurrently) L'Engle Sears Green

1st district	Purman Davidson Mallory Sparkman Drane Peterson McMullen Campbell Cramer Sikes Hutto Scarborough J. Miller Gaetz
2nd district	Walls Finley Bisbee Finley Hull Bisbee Finley Bisbee Dougherty Bullock Cooper R. Davis Clark Green Price Bennett Fuqua Grant Peterson Boyd Southerland Graham Dunn
3rd district	Lamar Mays E. Wilson Kehoe Smithwick Yon Caldwell Sikes Pepper Bennett Brown Yoho Cammack
4th district	Sears Owen Wilcox Cannon Smathers Lantaff Fascell Herlong Chappell James Fowler Crenshaw Rutherford Bean
5th district	Hendricks Herlong Gurney Frey Gunter Kelly McCollum Thurman Brown-Waite Nugent Brown Lawson Rutherford
6th district	D. Rogers P. Rogers Gibbons Young MacKay Stearns DeSantis Waltz
7th district	Haley Gibbons J. Mica S. Murphy Mills
8th district	Matthews Cramer Young Haley Ireland Young McCollum Keller Grayson Webster Posey Haridopolos
9th district	Fuqua P. Rogers Frey Nelson M. Bilirakis G. Bilirakis Grayson Soto
10th district	Gibbons Burke Bafalis Ireland Young Webster Demings Frost
11th district	Gurney Pepper P. Rogers D. Mica Nelson Bacchus Gibbons J. Davis Castor Nugent Webster
12th district	Cramer Fascell Burke Stack Shaw Lewis Canady Putnam Ross Bilirakis
13th district	Lehman Mack III Goss D. Miller Harris Buchanan Young Jolly Crist Luna
14th district	Pepper D. Mica Johnston Goss Mack IV Castor
15th district	Fascell Shaw Bacchus Weldon Posey Ross Spano Franklin Lee
16th district	Smith Lewis Foley Mahoney T. Rooney Buchanan
17th district	Lehman C. Meek K. Meek Wilson T. Rooney Steube
18th district	Pepper Ros-Lehtinen P. Murphy Mast Franklin
19th district	Fascell Johnston Wexler Deutch Radel Clawson F. Rooney Donalds
20th district	Deutsch Wasserman Schultz Hastings Cherfilus-McCormick
21st district	L. Díaz-Balart M. Díaz-Balart Deutch Frankel Mast
22nd district	Shaw Klein West Frankel Deutch Frankel
23rd district	Hastings Wasserman Schultz Moskowitz
24th district	Feeney Kosmas Adams F. Wilson
25th district	M. Díaz-Balart Rivera M. Díaz-Balart Wasserman Schultz
26th district	Garcia Curbelo Mucarsel-Powell Giménez M. Díaz-Balart
27th district	Ros-Lehtinen Shalala Salazar
28th district	Giménez

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