Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress

Ed Jones

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · TennesseeHouse 1969–1989 (TN-8, TN-7)

Edward Jones was a Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1969, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th Congress).

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7Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–100th Congress (excludes amendments)

2Passed a chamberof 7 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–100th 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. 5325 Federal Crop Insurance Commission Act of 1988
Oct 28, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-546.
H.Con.Res. 296 A concurrent resolution authorizing printing of the House of Representatives Election Law Guidebook, 1988.
Jun 27, 1988 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
H.R. 3371 Rural Economy Act of 1987
Jan 26, 1988 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received From USDA.
H.R. 3594 A bill to amend the Commodity Exchange Act to authorize a joint study of market volatility.
Nov 20, 1987 · Favorable Executive Comment Received From Commodity Futures Trading Comm.
H.R. 1298 Agricultural Trade Financing Act of 1987
Oct 6, 1987 · See H.R.3030.

Top bills sponsored

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

Elections Rep. Jones has won

Rep. Jones has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 45.8 to 60.8 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won6 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 45.8 points1978, TN-7

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 6 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Tennessee’s 8th districtWinners, most recent three: John Tanner (D) 1988–2008 → Stephen Lee Fincher (R) 2010–2014 → David Kustoff (R) 2016–2024. 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.

Official records on bills this member sponsored

100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	7	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 100th 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.