Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
William H. Gray III
William Gray was a Democratic U.S. representative from Pennsylvania, first elected to Congress in 1979, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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. 1669 Urban Schools of America (USA) Act of 1991May 10, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elementary, Secondary and Vocational Education.
- H.Con.Res. 135 Recognizing the importance of the mission of financial services associations.May 1, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
- H.Con.Res. 117 Recognizing the 75th anniversary of the establishment of the American Financial Services Association.Apr 17, 1991 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Census and Population.
- H.J.Res. 682 Waiving certain enrollment requirements with respect to any reconciliation bill, appropriation bill, or continuing resolution for the remainder of the One…Jan 4, 1991 · Measure Signed in Senate.
- H.Con.Res. 360 Providing for an adjournment of the House from the legislative day of August 3 to September 5, 1990, and a recess or adjournment of the Senate from any day…Aug 4, 1990 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2889 (100th) A bill for the relief of Frances Silver.Became law
- H.R. 3545 (100th) Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1987Became law
- H.Res. 432 (100th) A resolution authorizing printing of the record of proceedings of the Committee on the Budget incident to presentation of a portrait of the Honorable James R.…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 268 (100th) A concurrent resolution setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for the fiscal years 1989, 1990, and 1991.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1 (101st) Electing officers of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 10 (101st) Designating chairmen of certain standing committees of the House.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 142 (101st) Electing certain Members of the House to certain standing committees.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 166 (101st) To inform the Senate that Thomas S. Foley, a Representative from the State of Washington, has been elected Speaker of the House of Representatives.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Gray has won
Rep. Gray has won 7 U.S. House elections (1978–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 53.9 to 96.8 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | 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 102nd 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.