Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Sam Gibbons
Sam Gibbons was a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 4050 Revenue Restructuring Act of 1996Sep 11, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3787 Healthy Start Act of 1996Jul 19, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Chairman.
- H.R. 3612 Work First and Personal Responsibility Act of 1996Jul 1, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
- H.R. 2879 To provide that individuals performing services for the peacekeeping effort in the Republic of Bosnia and Herzegovina shall be entitled to tax benefits in the…Jan 25, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 2356 Foreign Trust Tax Compliance Act of 1995Sep 19, 1995 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1724 (102nd) Andean Trade Preference ActBecame law
- H.R. 3275 (101st) Steel Trade Liberalization Program Implementation ActBecame law
- H.R. 1594 (101st) Customs and Trade Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 5060 (103rd) To provide for the continuation of certain fee collections for the expenses of the Securities and Exchange Commission for fiscal year 1995.Became law
- H.R. 2056 (102nd) Shipbuilding Trade Reform Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 257 (101st) Denouncing the adoption by the European Community of a restrictive broadcasting directive.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4318 (102nd) Miscellaneous Tariff Act of 1992Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5636 (102nd) To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to ensure that charitable beneficiaries of charitable remainder trusts are aware of their interests in such trusts.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gibbons has won
Rep. Gibbons has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.1 to 48.5 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 104th 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.