Jim Matheson Official Bio

Jim Matheson

James David Matheson is an American politician who served as a United States Representative from Utah from 2001 to 2015. He represented Utah's 2nd district from 2001 to 2013 and its from 2013 to 2015. A member of the Democratic Party, he held the distinction of being the only Democratic congressman from Utah and represented a more Republican-leaning district than any other Democratic member of Congress. Wikipedia*

On the C-SPAN Networks:
Jim Matheson has 196 videos in the C-SPAN Video Library; the first appearance was a 2000 Vignette as a Democratic Representative for Utah's 2nd district. The year with the most videos was 2001 with 26 videos. The year with the highest average number of views per program was 2012 with an average of 9,344 views per program. Most appearances with Charles W. Stenholm (3), Butch Otter (2), Baron Hill (2). Most common tags: Utah, House of Representatives, Budget Deficit.

Appearances by Title:c. January 1, 2020 - c. Present CEO, National Rural Electric Cooperative Association


Videos: 1

Previously

U.S. Representative, D-UT 4th January 3, 2013 - January 3, 2015 Videos: 22 U.S. Representative, D-UT 2nd January 3, 2001 - January 3, 2013 Videos: 173

Recent Appearances

  • Energy Industry Forum: Natural Gas

    Energy Industry Forum: Natural Gas

    In this portion of the U.S. Energy Association day-long forum on the state of the energy industry, experts talked about the o…

  • Long-Term Transportation Funding

    Long-Term Transportation Funding

    Former Clinton administration Transportation Secretary Rodney Slater, former Senator Trent Lott (R-MS), and Senator John Brea…

  • Genetically Modified Food

    Genetically Modified Food

    Food and Drug Administration (FDA) official Michael Landa testified at a hearing on the regulation of genetically modified fo…

  • U.S. Response to Ebola

    U.S. Response to Ebola

    Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) Director Tom Frieden and other federal health officials testified on governm…

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House held a vote series on amendments, a motion to recommit, and final passage of H.R. 5078, the EPA water jurisdiction …

  • House Session

    House Session

    The House convened for a legislative session.

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Historical Member of Congress Record

Former District Map
Former Ideology Rankings
Past Elections

Ideology data is based on DW-NOMINATE statistics developed by Keith Poole and Howard Rosenthal. More information can be found at Voteview .

Historic election results compiled from data found on FEC.gov

Committees

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Floor Activity

    • Days on Floor: 0
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