Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
John C. Danforth
John Danforth was a Republican U.S. senator from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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
- S. 2457 A bill for the relief of Benchmark Rail Group, Inc.Oct 11, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
- S. 2556 A bill to provide for the portability of validly executed advance directives, to provide patients with a better understanding of their health care choices…Oct 8, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 2537 Multiple Punitive Damages Fairness ActOct 7, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- S. 2536 Charitable Medical Care Act of 1994Oct 7, 1994 · Introduced in the Senate. Read the first time. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under Read the First Time.
- S. 2403 A bill to grant the consent of the Congress to the Kansas and Missouri Metropolitan Culture District Compact.Sep 22, 1994 · Committee on Judiciary. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 336 (100th) A joint resolution designating October 16, 1988, as "World Food Day".Became law
- S. 12 (102nd) Cable Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992Became law
- S. 1931 (101st) Criminal Victims Protection Act of 1990Became law
- S. 1476 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Record Center at 9700 Page Boulevard, Overland, Missouri, as the "SSG Charles F. Prevedel Building".Became law
- S. 1745 (102nd) Civil Rights Act of 1991Became law
- S.Con.Res. 21 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of Congress in opposition to the proposal by the European Community for the establishment of a tax on vegetable…Passed a chamber
- S. 861 (100th) Truck and Bus Safety Act of 1987Passed a chamber
- S. 738 (103rd) High Risk Drivers Act of 1993Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Danforth has won
Sen. Danforth has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982, 1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.7 to 36.0 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 43 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 43 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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 103rd 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.