Former member of Congress · last served 108th Congress

William J. Janklow

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · South DakotaHouse 2003–2004 (SD-AL)

William Janklow was a Republican U.S. representative from South Dakota, first elected to Congress in 2003.

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5Bills & resolutions sponsored108th–108th Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 5 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law108th–108th 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. 3149 Combat Pay Safeguard Act of 2003
Oct 20, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Total Force.
H.R. 3298 Active Reservists and National Guard Farm Loan Relief Act of 2003
Oct 17, 2003 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
H.R. 2132 Pactola Reservoir Reallocation Authorization Act of 2003
May 19, 2003 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water and Power.
H.R. 1393 Armed Forces Tax Fairness and Justice Act of 2003
Mar 20, 2003 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
H.R. 1326 To ensure that tax-exempt status and other benefits afforded under Operation Enduring Freedom are also provided to United States Armed Forces personnel in…
Mar 18, 2003 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.

Elections Rep. Janklow has won

Rep. Janklow has won 1 U.S. House election (2002–2002). Of the contested races, margins ran from 7.9 to 7.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 7.9 points2002, SD-AL

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, South Dakota (at-large)Winners, most recent three: Stephanie Herseth Sandlin (D) 2004–2008 → Kristi L. Noem (R) 2010–2016 → Dusty Johnson (R) 2018–2024. 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

108th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	5	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 108th 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.