Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Sam Johnson
Sam Johnson was a Republican U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1991, who voted with most Republicans on 97% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 8 bills that became law (113th–115th 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.
5 most recent votes
- NayOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 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 2012Jan 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 ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 7305 Choices for Increased Mobility Act of 2018Jan 2, 2019 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 7269 Social Security Trustees Report Accountability, Transparency, and Improvement Act of 2018Dec 18, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- H.R. 7261 Social Security Benefit Payments Choice Act of 2018Dec 18, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- H.R. 7143 Social Security Number Modernization Act of 2018Nov 26, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Social Security.
- H.R. 6886 HEARTS Act of 2018Oct 1, 2018 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1475 (114th) Korean War Veterans Memorial Wall of Remembrance ActBecame law
- H.R. 5 (106th) Senior Citizens' Freedom to Work Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 1509 (106th) To authorize the Disabled Veterans' LIFE Memorial Foundation to establish a memorial in the District of Columbia or its environs to honor veterans who became…Became law
- H.R. 4009 (115th) Smithsonian National Zoological Park Central Parking Facility Authorization ActBecame law
- H.R. 685 (113th) American Fighter Aces Congressional Gold Medal ActBecame law
- H.J.Res. 40 (115th) Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the rule submitted by the Social Security Administration relating…Became law
- H.R. 4547 (115th) Strengthening Protections for Social Security Beneficiaries Act of 2018Became law
- H.R. 5739 (113th) No Social Security for Nazis ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Johnson has won
Rep. Johnson has won 13 U.S. House elections (1992–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 21.7 to 82.4 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 Texas’s 3rd district done while Rep. Johnson served?
2012 to 2018 in TX-3: typical household income was up 6% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 1.0 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 Texas’s 3rd district during Johnson’s time representing it (1991 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. TX-3 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 1991 to 2019.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 42 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 42 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 39 | See the 39 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
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.
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.