Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress

Trey Gowdy

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · South CarolinaHouse 2011–2019 (SC-4)

Trey Gowdy was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2011, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes.

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9Bills & resolutions sponsored113th–115th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 9 substantive bills (excludes resolutions and ceremonial bills)

0Became law113th–115th Congress

26Broke with partyof 650 yes/no votes, 112th (4.0%)

7Missed votesof 658 roll calls, 112th (1.1%)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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.

5 most recent votes

NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility Act
Jan 1, 2013 · Passed

5 most recent bills

H.R. 6845 Amy, Vicky, and Andy Child Pornography Victim Assistance Act of 2018
Sep 20, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 5925 CRISIS Act
Jun 21, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary.
H.R. 6440 Justice for Child Victims Act of 2016
Dec 22, 2016 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
H.R. 1148 Michael Davis, Jr. in Honor of State and Local Law Enforcement Act
Mar 18, 2015 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by the Yeas and Nays: 17 - 13.
H.R. 2278 SAFE Act
Dec 16, 2014 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 509.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 2076 (112th) Investigative Assistance for Violent Crimes Act of 2012
Became law
H.R. 3237 (112th) SOAR Technical Corrections Act
Became law
H.R. 6620 (112th) Former Presidents Protection Act of 2012
Became law
H.R. 4138 (113th) ENFORCE the Law Act of 2014
Passed a chamber
H.R. 5401 (113th) Protecting the Homeland Act
Reported from committee
H.R. 2534 (112th) Ensuring America's Promises Act of 2011
20 cosponsors
H.R. 2926 (112th) National Labor Relations Reorganization Act of 2011
20 cosponsors

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Gowdy has won

Rep. Gowdy has won 4 U.S. House elections (2010–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 31.2 to 70.1 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won4 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 31.2 points2012, SC-4

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 4 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, South Carolina’s 4th districtWinners, most recent three: Bob Inglis (R) 2004–2008 → Trey Gowdy (R) 2010–2016 → William R. Timmons IV (R) 2018–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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 South Carolina’s 4th district done while Rep. Gowdy served?

2012 to 2018 in SC-4: typical household income was up 22% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 6.0 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 5.0 points.

Typical household income · after inflation

SC-4: $60.4K in 2012 → $73.4K in 2018

SC-4 up 22%South Carolina up 11%U.S. up 10%

Share of people below the poverty line

SC-4: 17.9% in 2012 → 11.9% in 2018

SC-4 down 6.0 pointsSouth Carolina down 3.0 pointsU.S. down 2.8 points

Share of workers looking for a job

SC-4: 9.5% in 2012 → 4.5% in 2018

SC-4 down 5.0 pointsSouth Carolina down 5.9 pointsU.S. down 4.5 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 South Carolina’s 4th district during Gowdy’s time representing it (2011 to 2019). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.

Only one set of district lines is shown. SC-4 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2012 to 2018 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 2011 to 2019.

See the full 20-year record →Source: U.S. Census Bureau, American Community Survey 1-year estimates (tables B19013, B17001, B23001) and BLS CPI-U-RS for inflation, retrieved October 18, 2026. “About the same” means the change is inside the 90% margins of error. Who held the seat: Congress.gov member service records, year level.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	2	Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them →
With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement	2	See the 2 →
With a CBO cost estimate listed	1	See the 1 →
With a committee report listed	1	See the 1 →

Evidence

How counted: Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.