Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress

John A. Boehner

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · OhioHouse 1991–2015 (OH-8)

John Boehner was a Republican U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1991, who voted with most Republicans on 75% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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4Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–114th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 4 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–114th Congress

1Broke with partyof 4 yes/no votes, 112th (25.0%)

0Missed votesof 5 roll calls, 112th (0.0%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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.

5 most recent votes

YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Passage — Interest Rate Reduction Act
Apr 27, 2012 · Passed
YeaOn Passage — PIONEERS Act
Feb 16, 2012 · Passed
PresentCall of the House — Procedural vote
Jan 17, 2012 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 10 SOAR Reauthorization Act
Jul 14, 2016 · Read the second time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 561.
H.R. 3461 To approve the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, signed at Vienna on July 14, 2015, relating to the nuclear program of Iran.
Sep 11, 2015 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
H.R. 9 Reserved for the Speaker.
Jan 3, 2013 · Introduced in House
H.R. 8 Reserved for the Speaker.
Jan 3, 2013 · Introduced in House
H.Con.Res. 146 Providing for a conditional adjournment of the House of Representatives and a conditional recess or adjournment of the Senate.
Dec 21, 2012 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 1 (107th) No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
Became law
H.R. 5684 (109th) United States-Oman Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act
Became law
H.R. 5186 (108th) Taxpayer-Teacher Protection Act of 2004
Became law
H.R. 3108 (108th) Pension Funding Equity Act of 2004
Became law
H.R. 3784 (109th) Higher Education Extension Act of 2005
Became law
H.R. 4525 (109th) Second Higher Education Extension Act of 2005
Became law
H.R. 5185 (108th) Higher Education Extension Act of 2004
Became law
H.R. 4 (109th) Pension Protection Act of 2006
Became law

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Boehner has won

Rep. Boehner has won 13 U.S. House elections (1990–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 22.2 to 48.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won13 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 22.2 points1990, OH-8

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 13 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Ohio’s 8th districtWinners, most recent three: Donald Lukens (R) 1986–1988 → John A. Boehner (R) 1990–2014 → Warren Davidson (R) 2016–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 Ohio’s 8th district done while Rep. Boehner served?

2005 to 2011 in OH-8: typical household income was down 8% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.3 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.7 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

OH-8: $72.0K in 2005 → $66.4K in 2011

OH-8 down 8%Ohio down 9%U.S. down 5%

Share of people below the poverty line

OH-8: 11.9% in 2005 → 15.2% in 2011

OH-8 up 3.3 pointsOhio up 3.4 pointsU.S. up 2.6 points

Share of workers looking for a job

OH-8: 6.4% in 2005 → 10.1% in 2011

OH-8 up 3.7 pointsOhio up 3.1 pointsU.S. up 3.4 points

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 Ohio’s 8th district during Boehner’s time representing it (1991 to 2015). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Only one set of district lines is shown. OH-8 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1991 to 2015.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	2	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	2	See the 2 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.