Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
John H. Glenn Jr.
John Glenn was a Democratic U.S. senator from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 12 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.J.Res. 58 A joint resolution recogizing the accomplishments of Inspector General since their creation in 1978 in preventing and detecting waste, fraud, abuse, and…Nov 2, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-349.
- S. 1642 Federal Financial Assistance Management Improvement Act of 1998Oct 13, 1998 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform and Oversight.
- S. 2499 Power Marketing Administration Reform Act of 1998Sep 18, 1998 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- S. 1800 A bill to designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 85 Marconi Boulevard in Columbus, Ohio, as the "Joseph P. Kinneary United…Aug 13, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-232.
- S. 659 Great Lakes Fish and Wildlife Restoration Act of 1998Jul 31, 1998 · Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 520.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 327 (100th) A joint resolution commemorating January 28, 1989, as a "National Day of Excellence" in honor of the crew of the space shuttle Challenger.Became law
- S. 908 (100th) Inspector General Act Amendments of 1988Became law
- S. 1587 (103rd) Federal Acquisition Streamlining Act of 1994Became law
- S. 1579 (104th) Single Audit Act Amendments of 1996Became law
- S. 2170 (103rd) Government Management Reform Act of 1994Became law
- S. 3006 (102nd) President John F. Kennedy Assassination Records Collection Act of 1992Became law
- S. 3195 (102nd) World War II 50th Anniversary Commemorative Coins ActBecame law
- S. 968 (101st) A bill to delay the effective date of section 27 of the Office of Federal Procurement Policy Act.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Glenn has won
Sen. Glenn has won 3 U.S. Senate elections (1980, 1986, 1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.7 to 40.5 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.