Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
John J. Duncan, Jr.
John Duncan was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1987, who voted with most Republicans on 86% 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
- NayOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.Res. 35 Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives relating to automated external defibrillator (AED) education in the Nation's schoolsDec 12, 2018 · The title of the measure was amended. Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 6879 Midway Atoll Trust ActOct 2, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Federal Lands.
- H.R. 6912 No Bonuses in Bankruptcy Act of 2018Sep 26, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 6593 Medication Automated Quotation System, or MEDAQ, Act of 2018Jul 27, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 5488 Remote Area Medical Charter Act of 2018May 22, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Border Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2626 (105th) To make clarifications to the Pilot Records Improvement Act of 1996, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3769 (108th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 137 East Young High Pike in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Ben Atchley Post Office…Became law
- H.R. 2547 (104th) To designate the United States courthouse located at 800 Market Street in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Howard H. Baker, Jr. United States Courthouse".Became law
- H.R. 2843 (105th) Aviation Medical Assistance Act of 1998Became law
- H.R. 168 (103rd) To designate the Federal building to be constructed between Gay and Market Streets and Cumberland and Church Avenues in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "Howard…Became law
- H.J.Res. 673 (101st) To designate November 2, 1990, as a national day of prayer for members of American military forces and American citizens stationed or held in the Middle East…Became law
- H.J.Res. 399 (102nd) Designating the week beginning November 1, 1992, as "National Medical Staff Services Awareness Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 205 (103rd) Designating the week beginning October 31, 1993, as "National Health Information Management Week".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Duncan, has won
Rep. Duncan, has won 15 U.S. House elections (1988–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.5 to 85.7 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 Tennessee’s 2nd district done while Rep. Duncan served?
2012 to 2018 in TN-2: typical household income was up 11% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 3.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.4 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 Tennessee’s 2nd district during Duncan’s time representing it (1987 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. TN-2 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1987 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 18 | See the 18 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.