Former member of Congress · last served 106th Congress
Sam Gejdenson
Samuel Gejdenson was a Democratic U.S. representative from Connecticut, first elected to Congress in 1981, who sponsored 10 bills that became law (100th–106th 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.Con.Res. 433 Expressing the sense of Congress with respect to the parliamentary elections held in Belarus on October 15, 2000.Oct 23, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- H.R. 5253 East Timor Transition to Independence Act of 2000Sep 29, 2000 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.Con.Res. 401 Expressing the sense of the Congress regarding high-level visits by Taiwanese officials to the United States.Sep 14, 2000 · Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- H.Con.Res. 242 To urge the Nobel Commission to award the year 2000 Nobel Prize for Peace to former United States Senator George J. Mitchell for his dedication to fostering…Sep 7, 2000 · Committee Agreed to Seek Consideration Under Suspension of the Rules, by Voice Vote.
- H.R. 4249 Cross-Border Cooperation and Environmental Safety in Northern Europe Act of 2000Aug 2, 2000 · Became Public Law No: 106-255.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4996 (102nd) Jobs Through Exports Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 4950 (103rd) Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 4068 (100th) A bill to amend the Archaeological Resources Protection Act of 1979 to strengthen the enforcement provisions of that Act, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1348 (103rd) Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 1619 (106th) Quinebaug and Shetucket Rivers Valley National Heritage Corridor Reauthorization Act of 1999Became law
- H.R. 750 (103rd) To extend the Export Administration Act of 1979 and to authorize appropriations under that Act for fiscal years 1993 and 1994.Became law
- H.R. 4653 (103rd) Mohegan Nation of Connecticut Land Claims Settlement Act of 1994Became law
- H.J.Res. 159 (103rd) To designate the month of November in 1993 and 1994 as "National Hospice Month".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gejdenson has won
Rep. Gejdenson has won 10 U.S. House elections (1980–1998). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.0 to 34.8 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
106th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 24 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 24 | 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 | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 106th 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.