Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
Thomas H. Allen
Thomas Allen was a Democratic U.S. representative from Maine, first elected to Congress in 1997.
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. 5682 Rural America Communication Expansion for the Future Act of 2008Nov 19, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Specialty Crops, Rural Development, and Foreign Agriculture.
- H.R. 6605 Home Heating Fuels Cost Relief Act of 2008Jul 24, 2008 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- H.R. 4174 FOARAM ActJul 10, 2008 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 873.
- H.Con.Res. 337 Honoring Seeds of Peace for its 15th anniversary as an organization promoting understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace in the Middle…Jun 20, 2008 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 5448 Full Faith in Veterans Act of 2008Jun 12, 2008 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2342 (110th) National Integrated Coastal and Ocean Observation Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1534 (110th) Mercury Export Ban Act of 2007Passed a chamber
- H.R. 758 (106th) For the relief of Nancy B. Wilson.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1313 (105th) For the relief of Nancy B. Wilson.Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 288 (108th) Honoring Seeds of Peace for its promotion of understanding, reconciliation, acceptance, coexistence, and peace among youth from the Middle East and other…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 392 (107th) For the relief of Nancy B. Wilson.Reported from committee
- H.R. 664 (106th) Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 1999152 cosponsors
- H.R. 1400 (107th) Prescription Drug Fairness for Seniors Act of 2001127 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Allen has won
Rep. Allen has won 6 U.S. House elections (1996–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.6 to 29.5 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.
How has Maine’s 1st district done while Rep. Allen served?
2005 to 2008 in ME-1: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Maine’s 1st district during Allen’s time representing it (1997 to 2009). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. ME-1’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
110th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 110th 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.