Former member of Congress · last served 114th Congress
Stephen Lee Fincher
Stephen Fincher was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 95% 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.R. 6527 SADD Act of 2016Dec 22, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 2769 Risk-Based Capital Study Act of 2015Dec 12, 2016 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 679.
- H.R. 4285 Prevent Terrorism from Entering our Prisons Act of 2015Jan 15, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 4252 Foreclosure Relief and Extension for Servicemembers Act of 2015Dec 16, 2015 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Opportunity.
- H.R. 4189 Stop Funding for Terrorism ActDec 8, 2015 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3606 (112th) Jumpstart Our Business StartupsBecame law
- H.R. 1264 (112th) To designate the property between the United States Federal Courthouse and the Ed Jones Building located at 109 South Highland Avenue in Jackson, Tennessee…Became law
- H.R. 650 (114th) Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1341 (113th) Financial Competitive Act of 2013Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2064 (114th) Improving Access to Capital for Emerging Growth Companies ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 597 (114th) Export-Import Bank Reform and Reauthorization Act of 2015Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 450 (114th) Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 597) to reauthorize the Export-Import Bank of the United States, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1779 (113th) Preserving Access to Manufactured Housing Act of 2013Reported from committee
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Fincher has won
Rep. Fincher has won 3 U.S. House elections (2010–2014). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.2 to 46.2 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 8th district done while Rep. Fincher served?
2012 to 2016 in TN-8: 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 down 3.0 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 8th district during Fincher’s time representing it (2011 to 2017). 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-8 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 2016 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2017.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
114th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 13 | See the 13 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 114th 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.