Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress

Wayne Dowdy

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · MississippiHouse 1981–1989 (MS-4)

Wayne Dowdy was a Democratic U.S. representative from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th Congress).

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12Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–100th Congress (excludes amendments)

4Passed a chamberof 12 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. 4457 A bill to create a national park at Natchez, Mississippi.
Oct 7, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-479.
H.R. 4213 Montgomery GI Bill Amendments of 1988
Sep 15, 1988 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans.
H.R. 3445 Natural Gas Consumers Protection Act
May 25, 1988 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
H.R. 4611 Veterans' Educational Assistance Improvements Act of 1988
May 23, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
H.R. 1504 Veterans' Employment, Training, and Counseling Amendments of 1987
May 20, 1988 · For Further Action See S.999.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Dowdy has won

Rep. Dowdy has won 3 U.S. House elections (1982–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.9 to 43.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won3 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 6.9 points1982, MS-4

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 3 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Mississippi’s 4th districtWinners, most recent three: Gene Taylor (D) 2002–2008 → Steven M. Palazzo (R) 2010–2020 → Mike Ezell (R) 2022–2024. 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 12 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	12	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.