Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
John Lewis
John Lewis was a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1987, who voted with most Democrats on 95% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (113th–116th 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- Not VotingOn 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
- Not VotingOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 5517 Gandhi-King Scholarly Exchange Initiative ActDec 7, 2020 · Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Foreign Relations.
- H.R. 1957 Great American Outdoors ActAug 4, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-152.
- H.R. 7644 Juvenile Incarceration Reduction Act of 2020Jul 16, 2020 · Referred to the House Committee on the Judiciary.
- H.R. 7591 Fostering Healthy Transitions into Adulthood Act of 2020Jul 13, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Ways and Means, and in addition to the Committees on Education and Labor, the Judiciary, and Energy and Commerce, for a period to…
- H.R. 7546 Minority Community Public Health Emergency Response Act of 2020Jul 9, 2020 · Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Ways and Means, for a period to be subsequently determined by the…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1933 (103rd) King Holiday and Service Act of 1994Became law
- H.R. 923 (110th) Emmett Till Unsolved Civil Rights Crime Act of 2007Became law
- H.R. 690 (102nd) To authorize the National Park Service to acquire and manage the Mary McLeod Bethune Council House National Historic Site, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 3834 (101st) Selma to Montgomery National Trail Study Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 267 (115th) Martin Luther King, Jr. National Historical Park Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 801 (101st) To designate the United States Court of Appeals Building at 56 Forsyth Street in Atlanta, Georgia, as the "Elbert P. Tuttle Court of Appeals Building".Became law
- H.R. 3811 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal building located at 50 Spring Street, Southwest, Atlanta, Georgia, as the "Martin Luther King, Jr. Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 904 (102nd) African American History Landmark Theme Study ActBecame law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lewis has won
Rep. Lewis has won 17 U.S. House elections (1986–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 38.3 to 68.9 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 Georgia’s 5th district done while Rep. Lewis served?
2012 to 2019 in GA-5: typical household income was up 28% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 7.5 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 10.2 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 Georgia’s 5th district during Lewis’s time representing it (1987 to 2020). 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. GA-5 was redrawn in 2007, 2012, 2022 and again in 2024, 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 2019 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1987 to 2020.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 37 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 37 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 32 | See the 32 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.