Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Roy Dyson
Royden Dyson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Maryland, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–101st 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.R. 5168 To authorize fishery documentation for the vessel Paula Sue.Nov 16, 1990 · See H.R.4009.
- H.R. 5167 To authorize coastwise and Great Lakes documentation for the vessel Playpen.Nov 16, 1990 · See H.R.4009.
- H.R. 4283 Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1991Nov 5, 1990 · See H.R.4739.
- H.R. 5858 Chesapeake Bay Restoration Act of 1990Oct 27, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Oceanography and Great Lakes.
- H.R. 5244 Rural Law Enforcement Drug Act of 1990Jul 18, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3427 (100th) A bill to allow the obsolete submarine United States ship Blenny to be transferred to the State of Maryland before the expiration of the otherwise applicable…Became law
- H.Con.Res. 94 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the insistence of the Congress on the extradition of Mohammed Hamadei to the United States for trial in connection with the…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1763 (101st) Panama Canal Commission Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1990Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 303 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week of November 1 through November 7, 1987, as "National Watermen's Recognition Week".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3237 (101st) To amend title 10, United States Code, and the Merchant Marine Act, 1936, to provide authorization for the officer of the Department of Defense designated by…Reported from committee
- H.J.Res. 554 (100th) A joint resolution designating the week beginning November 6, 1988, as "National Watermen's Recognition Week".181 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 39 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of the Congress that the Postmaster General should issue a postage stamp commemorating the 100th Congress.104 cosponsors
- H.R. 972 (100th) A bill to provide for the striking of medals commemorating the 100th Congress.96 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Dyson has won
Rep. Dyson has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.8 to 38.6 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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 101st 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.