Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Sherwood Boehlert
Sherwood Boehlert was a Republican U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 10 bills that became law (100th–109th 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. 1674 Tsunami Warning and Education ActDec 20, 2006 · Became Public Law No: 109-424.
- H.Con.Res. 343 Recognizing the 50th anniversary of the Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities.Dec 8, 2006 · Received in the Senate.
- H.R. 5787 Minimum Wage Competitiveness Act of 2006Sep 19, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Workforce Protections.
- H.R. 4962 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Pitcher Street in Utica, New York, as the "Captain George A. Wood Post Office…Aug 17, 2006 · Became Public Law No: 109-275.
- H.R. 5679 United States-Israel Energy Cooperation ActJul 18, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 94 (101st) Hotel and Motel Fire Safety Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 1982 (106th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic located at 125 Brookley Drive, Rome, New York, as the "Donald J. Mitchell Department of Veterans…Became law
- H.R. 4687 (107th) National Construction Safety Team ActBecame law
- H.R. 3394 (107th) Cyber Security Research and Development ActBecame law
- H.R. 3295 (100th) A bill for the relief of Nancy L. Brady.Became law
- H.J.Res. 253 (101st) Designating September 8, 1989, as "National Pledge of Allegiance Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 98 (102nd) Designating March 4-10, 1991, as "National School Breakfast Week".Became law
- H.R. 5245 (108th) To extend the liability indemnification regime for the commercial space transportation industry.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Boehlert has won
Rep. Boehlert has won 12 U.S. House elections (1982–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 13.4 to 46.6 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 New York’s 24th district done while Rep. Boehlert served?
2005 to 2006 in NY-24: 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 New York’s 24th district during Boehlert’s time representing it (2003 to 2007). 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. NY-24 was redrawn in 2012, 2022 and again in 2024 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Boehlert’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 109th 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.