Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress

Edward P. Boland

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · MassachusettsHouse 1953–1989 (MA-2)

Edward Boland was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1953, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th Congress).

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3Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–100th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 3 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–100th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—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.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 4800 Department of Housing and Urban Development-Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989
Aug 19, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-404.
H.R. 2783 A bill making appropriations for the Department of Housing and Urban Development, and for sundry independent agencies, boards, commissions, corporations, and…
Dec 22, 1987 · For Further Action See H.J.Res. 395.
H.R. 2395 A bill to repeal P.L. 87-186 relating to the National Armed Forces Museum Advisory Board of the Smithsonian Institution.
May 19, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Libraries and Memorials.

Elections Rep. Boland has won

Rep. Boland has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 31.9 to 50.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won6 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 31.9 points1986, MA-2

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 6 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Massachusetts’s 2nd districtWinners, most recent three: Edward Boland (D) 1976–1986 → Richard E. Neal (D) 1988–2010 → James P. McGovern (D) 2012–2024. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	3	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 100th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.