Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Douglas Applegate
Douglas Applegate was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–103rd Congress).
How we count: “Broke with party” is a yes/no roll call where the member voted against most of their own party on that vote (party as recorded; even splits not counted). “Pork: own share” splits each earmark shared by several members evenly among them.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4214 To amend chapter 83 of title 5, United States Code, to provide that the 2 percent reduction in annuity for each year a Federal employee is under 55 years of…Apr 20, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Compensation and Employee Benefits.
- H.R. 3942 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exclude strike benefits from gross income.Mar 2, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 2495 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey to the State of Ohio the Senecaville National Fish Hatchery.Jan 27, 1994 · Committee on Environment and Public Works. Provisions of measure incorporated into measure S. 476 ordered to be reported.
- H.R. 3445 Hazard Mitigation and Flood Damage Reduction Act of 1993Nov 16, 1993 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- H.R. 2562 To direct the Administrator of General Services to design, and acquire a site for, a Federal building to be constructed in Steubenville, Ohio.Jul 12, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2945 (100th) Veterans' Compensation Cost-of-Living Adjustment Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 1046 (102nd) Veterans' Compensation Rate Amendments of 1991Became law
- H.R. 5008 (102nd) Veterans' Benefits Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 435 (101st) To amend the Appalachian Regional Development Act of 1965 to include Columbiana County, Ohio, as part of the Appalachian region.Became law
- H.R. 1047 (102nd) Veterans' Benefits Programs Improvement Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 1335 (101st) Veterans' Compensation Amendments of 1989Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4741 (100th) Veterans' Benefits and Programs Improvement Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1334 (101st) To amend title 38, United States Code, to remove a limitation relating to the payment of pension to veterans furnished hospital care by the Veterans'…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Applegate has won
Rep. Applegate has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 19.0 to 55.2 points.
Full election history for this seat →
Source: MIT Election Data and Science Lab, U.S. House V15 / U.S. Senate V8 (CC0), retrieved 2026-10-18; winners matched to member records by seat and term. Results run through the 2024 elections; nothing from 2026 is shown until it is certified. A margin is a fact about one election, never a score of how well a member represents anyone, and PORKER does not rank members by it.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 0 | None listed |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 0 | None listed |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 103rd Congress, read from the stored Congress.gov bill records
- Fields
- cboCostEstimates, committeeReports, constitutionalAuthorityStatementText, notes
- PORKER copy refreshed
- October 26, 2026 (nightly)
Read this first. These are counts of records Congress.gov lists. Many bills never get a CBO estimate or a report, so a zero is not a mark against a member. We never show this as a score.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.