Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Thomas F. Lewis
Thomas Lewis was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–103rd 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.
Recent votes
No recorded roll-call votes in PORKER’s records. Roll-call records start in 2011.
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 1986 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide that the effective date for discontinuance of compensation and pension paid by the Secretary of Veterans…Apr 28, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 723 Criminal Alien Deportation and Exclusion Amendments of 1993Feb 23, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 3071 Lime Research, Promotion, and Consumer Information Act Amendments of 1993Dec 14, 1993 · For Further Action See S.1766.
- H.R. 1738 Fresh Cut Flowers and Fresh Cut Greens Promotion and Information Act of 1993Dec 14, 1993 · For Further Action See S.994.
- H.R. 1107 Wind Engineering Research Program Act of 1993Jun 29, 1993 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4686 (100th) Aviation Safety Research Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 184 (100th) Big Cypress National Preserve Addition ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 4887 (101st) Aircraft Catastrophic Failure Prevention Research Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 32 (100th) A joint resolution designating the month of May 1987 as "National Child Safety Awareness Month".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3290 (100th) Seminole Indian Land Claims Settlement Act of 1987Reported from committee
- H.R. 1056 (103rd) To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that the Civil Service Retirement and Disability Fund be excluded from the budget of the United States…77 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 298 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express the sense of Congress regarding relief for the United States Citrus Industry under section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974 and…54 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 265 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the Office of the United States Trade Representative should take ongoing responsibility in the drug war by…49 cosponsors
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 6 U.S. House elections (1982–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.1 to 21.7 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 103rd 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 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.