Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Wendell H. Ford
Wendell Ford was a Democratic U.S. senator from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 14 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 1427 Community Broadcasters Protection Act of 1998Oct 21, 1998 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR S12846)
- S. 811 A bill for the relief of David Robert Zetter, Sabina Emily Seitz, and their son, Daniel Robert Zetter.Oct 13, 1998 · Referred to Subcommittee on Immigration.
- S. 2612 Fort Campbell Tax Fairness Act of 1998Oct 9, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Governmental Affairs.
- S.Res. 274 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that the Louisville Festival of Faiths should be commended and should serve as model for similar festivals in…Oct 9, 1998 · Resolution agreed to in Senate without amendment and with a preamble by Unanimous Consent.
- S. 2077 National Guard and Reserve Components Equity Act of 1998May 13, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
Top bills sponsored
- S. 564 (103rd) Government Printing Office Electronic Information Access Enhancement Act of 1993Became law
- S. 1077 (101st) A bill to authorize the President to appoint Admiral James B. Busey to the Office of Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration.Became law
- S. 578 (100th) A bill to amend the National Trails System Act to designate the Trail of Tears as a National Historic Trail.Became law
- S. 623 (100th) Independent Safety Board Act Amendments of 1988Became law
- S. 1075 (101st) An original bill to authorize appropriations for the American Folklife Center for fiscal years 1990, 1991, and 1992.Became law
- S. 1532 (100th) An original bill relating to the payment for telecommunications equipment and certain services furnished by the Sergeant at Arms and Doorkeeper of the Senate.Became law
- S. 1574 (100th) An original bill to combine the Senators' Clerk Hire Allowance Account and the Senators' Official Office Expense Account into a combined single account to be…Became law
- S. 2533 (101st) A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to extend the civil penalty assessment demonstration program, and for other purposes.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Ford has won
Sen. Ford has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986, 1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 27.1 to 48.8 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
105th 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 CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.