Matthews, Donald Ray, 1907-1997

LC control no.	n 85336727
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Matthews, Donald Ray, 1907-1997 *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Matthews, Billy, 1907-1997
Located	Gainesville (Fla.)
Birth date	1907-10-03
Death date	1997-10-26
Place of birth	Micanopy (Fla.)
Field of activity	Teaching Florida--Politics and government
Affiliation	University of Florida Florida. Legislature. House of Representatives United States. Congress. House
Profession or occupation	Teachers Legislators
Found in	NUCMC data from Univ. of Fla., P.K. Yonge Lib. for His Papers, 1952-1966 (Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews, b. 10/3/07; school teacher and principal; member Fla. House of Rep., 1935; member of adm. staff, U. of Fla., 1936-1952; cong. from Fla., 1953-1967) George A. Smathers Libraries, Special and Area Studies Collections website, viewed September 3, 2015: Library of Florida History. Finding aids (A Guide to the Donald Ray (Billy) Matthews Papers) Biographical/Historical Note (Donald Ray "Billy" Matthews served as the Representative from Florida's 8th Congressional District from 1953 to 1967. Matthews was born in Micanopy, Florida, on October 3, 1907 ... Matthews taught in public schools in Leesburg, Orlando and Newberry and was active in Florida 4-H. Matthews served one term in the Florida House as the representative from Alachua County in 1935 ... In 1952, Matthews was elected to Congress. During his time there, Matthews was a member of the House Committee on Veterans Affairs, the House Committee on Agriculture and, in his final years, the House Committee on Appropriations as a member of the Subcommittee on Labor - Health, Education and Welfare. He was defeated in the 1966 Democratic Primary by Congressman Don Fuqua ... Matthews returned to Gainesville in 1967 and briefly taught political science at Santa Fe Community College. He died on October 26, 1997.) <http://web.uflib.ufl.edu/spec/pkyonge/matthews.htm>
Associated language	eng