Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress

William L. Jenkins

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · TennesseeHouse 1997–2007 (TN-1)

William Jenkins was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1997, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (105th–109th Congress).

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38Bills & resolutions sponsored105th–109th Congress (excludes amendments)

5Passed a chamberof 38 bills & resolutions sponsored

3Became law1 substantive + 2 ceremonial · 105th–109th Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—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.

Recent votes

No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.

5 most recent bills

H.R. 5120 To amend title 35, United States Code, to conform certain filing provisions within the Patent and Trademark Office.
Sep 14, 2006 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
H.J.Res. 74 Proposing a balanced budget amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
Feb 16, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
H.R. 2095 To suspend temporarily the duty on 1-fluoro-2-nitro benzene.
May 10, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
H.R. 2094 To suspend temporarily the duty on thionyl chloride.
May 10, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
H.R. 2093 To suspend temporarily the duty on 2-Methylhydroquinone.
May 10, 2005 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Jenkins has won

Rep. Jenkins has won 5 U.S. House elections (1996–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 32.5 to 49.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won5 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 32.5 points1996, TN-1

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 5 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Tennessee’s 1st districtWinners, most recent three: David Davis (R) 2006 → David P. Roe (R) 2008–2018 → Diana Harshbarger (R) 2020–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 1st district done while Rep. Jenkins served?

2005 to 2006 in TN-1: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.

Typical household income · after inflation

TN-1: $55.8K in 2005 → $54.5K in 2006

TN-1 about the sameTennessee about the sameU.S. up 1%

Share of people below the poverty line

TN-1: 16.6% in 2005 → 18.1% in 2006

TN-1 about the sameTennessee about the sameU.S. about the same

Share of workers looking for a job

TN-1: 6.8% in 2005 → 6.5% in 2006

TN-1 about the sameTennessee about the sameU.S. down 0.5 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 Tennessee’s 1st district during Jenkins’s time representing it (1997 to 2007). 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-1 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Jenkins’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.

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

109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	13	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 109th 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.