Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
Bart Gordon
Bart Gordon was a Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (100th–111th 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. 5116 America COMPETES Reauthorization Act of 2010Jan 4, 2011 · Became Public Law No: 111-358.
- H.R. 5866 Nuclear Energy Research and Development Act of 2010Dec 1, 2010 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
- H.R. 2923 Combat Methamphetamine Enhancement Act of 2010Oct 12, 2010 · Became Public Law No: 111-268.
- H.R. 5716 Safer Oil and Natural Gas Drilling Technology Research and Development ActAug 5, 2010 · Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 517.
- H.R. 5781 National Aeronautics and Space Administration Authorization Act of 2010Jul 28, 2010 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 333.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 365 (110th) Methamphetamine Remediation Research Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 361 (108th) Sports Agent Responsibility and Trust ActBecame law
- H.R. 1994 (100th) A bill to amend the boundaries of Stones River National Battlefield, Tennessee, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3403 (110th) NET 911 Improvement Act of 2008Became law
- H.R. 3819 (111th) To extend the commercial space transportation liability regime.Became law
- H.R. 2272 (110th) America COMPETES ActBecame law
- H.R. 3881 (102nd) To expand the boundaries of Stones River National Battlefield, Tennessee, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1237 (110th) Cytology Proficiency Improvement Act of 2008Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gordon has won
Rep. Gordon has won 13 U.S. House elections (1984–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.2 to 53.7 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 6th district done while Rep. Gordon served?
2005 to 2010 in TN-6: typical household income was down 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 2.9 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.6 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 6th district during Gordon’s time representing it (1985 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. TN-6 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Gordon’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 28 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 28 | 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 | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a committee report listed | 11 | See the 11 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.