Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
John P. Hammerschmidt
John Hammerschmidt was a Republican U.S. representative from Arkansas, first elected to Congress in 1967, who sponsored 1 bill 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. 6004 To amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to extend the deadline by which permits for discharges for municipal and industrial stormwater discharges are…Sep 29, 1992 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- H.R. 5711 Undercharge Claim Reconciliation Act of 1992Aug 13, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
- H.J.Res. 99 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States limiting the number of terms for Members of the House of Representatives and the Senate.Apr 23, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
- H.R. 4733 To designate lock and dam numbered 3 on the Arkansas River, Arkansas, as the "Joe Hardin Lock and Dam".Apr 13, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
- H.R. 4183 Arkansas Wild and Scenic Rivers Act of 1991Apr 8, 1992 · See S.1743.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2178 (101st) To designate lock and dam numbered 4 on the Arkansas River, Arkansas, as the "Emmett Sanders Lock and Dam".Became law
- H.R. 2557 (101st) To designate the outpatient clinic of the Department of Veterans Affairs to be located on New Jersey State Route 70 in Brick Township, New Jersey, as the…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2983 (101st) To name the new Department of Veterans Affairs outpatient clinic in Mount Vernon, Missouri, as the "Gene Taylor Veterans' Outpatient Clinic".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2132 (102nd) To authorize the Fort Smith Airport Commission to transfer to the city of Fort Smith, Arkansas, title to certain lands at the Fort Smith Municipal Airport for…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 608 (100th) A joint resolution designating August 29, 1988, as "National China-Burma-India Veterans Appreciation Day".144 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 502 (101st) To designate the week of July 22-29, 1990, as the "National Week of Recognition and Remembrance for Those Who Served in the Korean War".113 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 3 (101st) On the Essential Air Service Program.61 cosponsors
- H.R. 2318 (100th) Essential Air Service Act of 198735 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hammerschmidt has won
Rep. Hammerschmidt has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 31.9 to 59.6 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 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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.