Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Thomas A. Luken
Thomas Luken was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1973, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–101st 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. 5334 Asbestos School Hazard Abatement Reauthorization Act of 1990Nov 28, 1990 · For Further Action See S.1893.
- H.R. 3520 Hazardous Materials Transportation Reauthorization and Amendments Act of 1990Nov 16, 1990 · See S.2936.
- H.R. 5827 To address immediate problems affecting environmental cleanup activities.Nov 15, 1990 · For Further Action See S.3187.
- H.J.Res. 469 To designate October 6, 1990, as "German-American Day".Oct 11, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-413.
- H.R. 5372 Lead Pollution Prevention Act of 1990Sep 19, 1990 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3515 (100th) Medical Waste Tracking Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 5075 (101st) Amtrak Reauthorization and Improvement Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 5442 (100th) Asbestos Information Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 2837 (100th) A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to assist States in responding to the threat to human health posed by exposure to radon.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2897 (100th) Federal Trade Commission Act Amendments of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3743 (100th) Rail Safety Improvement Act of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4101 (100th) Telemarketing Fraud Prevention Act of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2167 (100th) Railroad Unemployment Insurance and Retirement Improvement Act of 1987Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Luken has won
Rep. Luken has won 7 U.S. House elections (1976–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.8 to 29.8 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 101st 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.