Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
James B. Longley Jr.
James Longley was a Republican U.S. representative from Maine, first elected to Congress in 1995, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (104th–104th 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. 3308 United States Armed Forces Protection Act of 1996Sep 6, 1996 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 3950 GI Bill of HealthSep 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Hospitals and Health Care.
- H.R. 3824 To provide for the refunding of expenses incurred by innocent persons in the State of Maine required to comply with automobile inspection and maintenance…Jul 26, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 3549 To amend title 23, United States Code, to allow trucks weighing between 80,000 and 100,000 pounds to operate on that portion of the Maine Turnpike which is…Jun 10, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
- H.R. 3284 For the relief of Nancy B. Wilson.May 1, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Claims.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2077 (104th) To designate the United States Post Office building located at 33 College Avenue in Waterville, Maine, as the "George J. Mitchell Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 2802 (104th) Emergency Lumber Act of 199523 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Longley has won
Rep. Longley has won 1 U.S. House election (1994–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.8 to 3.8 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
104th 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.