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Sam Melville Gibbons

Representative for Florida, district 11 · Democrat

Born 1920 · Died 2012

Democrat · FL House 1963–1997
13,519votes cast 89.5%attendance 83.6%party loyalty 17congresses served
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Sam Melville Gibbons

Recent bills they sponsored
  • H.R. 4050 · Revenue Restructuring Act of 1996 September 11, 1996 · In committee
  • H.R. 3787 · Healthy Start Act of 1996 July 11, 1996 · In committee
  • H.R. 3612 · Work First and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996 June 11, 1996 · In committee
  • H.R. 2879 · To provide that individuals performing services for the peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Her… January 25, 1996 · In committee
  • H.R. 2356 · Foreign Trust Tax Compliance Act of 1995 September 19, 1995 · In committee
From the current-Congress bills Power & Politics tracks. This is not a complete count.
Every term served
17 terms
ChamberRepresentsPartyTerm dates
HouseFlorida · District 11DemocratJanuary 4, 1995 – January 3, 1997
HouseFlorida · District 11DemocratJanuary 5, 1993 – January 3, 1995
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 3, 1991 – January 3, 1993
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 3, 1989 – January 3, 1991
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 6, 1987 – January 3, 1989
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 3, 1985 – January 3, 1987
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 3, 1983 – January 3, 1985
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 5, 1981 – January 3, 1983
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 15, 1979 – January 3, 1981
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 4, 1977 – January 3, 1979
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 14, 1975 – January 3, 1977
HouseFlorida · District 7DemocratJanuary 3, 1973 – January 3, 1975
HouseFlorida · District 6DemocratJanuary 21, 1971 – January 3, 1973
HouseFlorida · District 6DemocratJanuary 3, 1969 – January 3, 1971
HouseFlorida · District 6DemocratJanuary 10, 1967 – January 3, 1969
HouseFlorida · District 10DemocratJanuary 4, 1965 – January 3, 1967
HouseFlorida · District 10DemocratJanuary 9, 1963 – January 3, 1965
These are the official start and end dates of each term. A member who left early or arrived late served only part of it.

Source: congress-legislators, a public-domain record of every member of Congress, checked October 20, 2026.

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Ideology, measured from every vote they cast

DW-NOMINATE first dimension (Voteview, UCLA), shown against the 104th Congress House.

The record

Every roll-call vote on file

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Record timeline

  1. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 3610 (House Roll Call 455 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  2. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Ordering the Previous Question: H.Res. 546 (House Roll Call 454 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  3. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass, as Amended: H.R. 4236 (House Roll Call 453 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  4. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — Suspend the rules and pass: H.R. 3163 (House Roll Call 452 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  5. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Suspend the rules and pass, as amended: H.R. 1332 (House Roll Call 451 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  6. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Suspend the rules and pass: S. 1505 (House Roll Call 450 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  7. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Yea — Suspend the rules and pass, as amended: H.R. 4000 (House Roll Call 449 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  8. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: S. 39 (House Roll Call 448 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  9. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass: H.R. 4073 (House Roll Call 447 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Failed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

  10. · Roll-call votes

    Voted Nay — On Agreeing to the Conference Report: H.R. 3539 (House Roll Call 446 (104th Congress, 2nd Session)). Result as recorded: Passed

    House Clerk roll-call record · Our file

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Voting records reproduced from the official Journals of the House and Senate (compiled by Voteview, UCLA) · each measure's file links its official government record · sources & methodology · data as of October 23, 2026