Former member of Congress · last served 113th Congress
Tom Latham
Tom Latham was a Republican U.S. representative from Iowa, first elected to Congress in 1995, who voted with most Republicans on 88% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 1 bill that became law (113th–113th 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. 5064 Lean and Responsive Government ActJul 10, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 4745 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2015Jun 12, 2014 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 430.
- H.R. 4757 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to expand certain exceptions to the private activity bond rules for first-time farmers, and for other purposes.May 29, 2014 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3722 To provide protections for certain sports medicine professionals who provide certain medical services in a secondary State.Jan 27, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
- H.R. 3165 Common Sense Health Reform Americans Actually Want ActJan 9, 2014 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2563 (110th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 309 East Linn Street in Marshalltown, Iowa, as the "Major Scott Nisely Post Office".Became law
- H.R. 3030 (107th) Basic Pilot Extension Act of 2001Became law
- H.R. 1765 (113th) Reducing Flight Delays Act of 2013Became law
- H.R. 5972 (112th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2013Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4157 (112th) Preserving America's Family Farms ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 452 (105th) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the Board of Governors of the United States Postal Service should reject the recommended decision…Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 222 (109th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 338 (111th) Supporting the goals and ideals of National Community College Month.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Latham has won
Rep. Latham has won 10 U.S. House elections (1994–2012). Of the contested races, margins ran from 8.6 to 98.4 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 Iowa’s 3rd district done while Rep. Latham served?
2013 to 2014 in IA-3: 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.
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 Iowa’s 3rd district during Latham’s time representing it (2013 to 2015). 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. IA-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Latham’s term so far (2013 and 2014) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
113th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 16 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 16 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 15 | See the 15 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 0 | None listed |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 113th 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.