Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
J. Gresham Barrett
J. Barrett was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2003, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (108th–111th 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.Res. 1380 Applauding the State of Arizona for asserting its 10th amendment rights, protecting its citizens, and safeguarding its jobs, and calling upon the…Jul 26, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- H.R. 4441 Stop Terrorist Entry Program Act of 2010Mar 1, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, Refugees, Border Security, and International Law.
- H.Res. 1123 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to the use of Yucca Mountain as the Nation's primary permanent nuclear waste storage site.Feb 26, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 3236 Complete the Fence ActJul 24, 2009 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Border, Maritime, and Global Counterterrorism.
- H.R. 1814 Taxpayer Empowerment and Advocacy Act of 2009Mar 31, 2009 · Referred to House Rules
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1335 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 508 East Main Street in Seneca, South Carolina, as the "S/Sgt Lewis G. Watkins Post…Became law
- H.Res. 266 (108th) Commending the Clemson University Tigers men's golf team for winning the 2003 National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I Men's Golf Championship.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2104 (110th) Public Prayer Protection Act of 200753 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 218 (110th) Expressing the sense of Congress regarding United States immigration and border security laws.41 cosponsors
- H.R. 3143 (109th) Major Regulation Cost Review Act of 200536 cosponsors
- H.R. 1122 (110th) Emergency Spending Control Act of 200724 cosponsors
- H.R. 6955 (110th) Taxpayer Reimbursement Act of 200824 cosponsors
- H.R. 4364 (109th) Public Prayer Protection Act of 200523 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Barrett has won
Rep. Barrett has won 4 U.S. House elections (2002–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 25.8 to 35.9 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 South Carolina’s 3rd district done while Rep. Barrett served?
2005 to 2010 in SC-3: typical household income was down 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.5 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 South Carolina’s 3rd district during Barrett’s time representing it (2003 to 2011). 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. SC-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Barrett’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 111th 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.