Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
John D. Dingell
John Dingell was a Democratic U.S. representative from Michigan, first elected to Congress in 1955, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.
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 2012Jan 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 Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4421 MotorCities National Heritage Area Extension ActApr 15, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Public Lands and Environmental Regulation.
- H.R. 1338 Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy ActMar 21, 2013 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.Res. 4 Authorizing the Clerk to inform the President of the election of the Speaker and the Clerk.Jan 3, 2013 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 6310 Restoring Confidence in Our Democracy ActAug 2, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 5329 To suspend temporarily the duty on Poly(urea/formaldehyde/isobutyraldehyde).May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3000 (101st) Fastener Quality ActBecame law
- H.R. 2454 (102nd) Generic Drug Enforcement Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 1207 (100th) Prescription Drug Marketing Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 1230 (107th) Detroit River International Wildlife Refuge Establishment ActBecame law
- H.R. 5341 (111th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 Orndorf Drive in Brighton, Michigan, as the "Joyce Rogers Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 4308 (103rd) North American Wetlands Conservation Act Amendments of 1994Became law
- H.J.Res. 222 (102nd) To provide for a settlement of the railroad labor-management disputes between certain railroads represented by the National Carriers' Conference Committee of…Became law
- H.R. 4555 (108th) Mammography Quality Standards Reauthorization Act of 2004Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dingell has won
Rep. Dingell has won 19 U.S. House elections (1976–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.7 to 94.8 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 Michigan’s 12th district done while Rep. Dingell served?
2013 to 2014 in MI-12: 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 Michigan’s 12th district during Dingell’s time representing it (2013 to 2015). 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. MI-12 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Dingell’s term so far (2013 and 2014) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 113th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.