Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Thomas MacArthur
Thomas MacArthur was a Republican U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 2015, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (114th–115th 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. 6287 9/11 Memorial ActJan 3, 2019 · Became Public Law No: 115-413.
- H.R. 7388 National Flood Insurance Program Competition and Extension Act of 2018Dec 21, 2018 · On motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill Failed by the Yeas and Nays: (2/3 required): 148 - 226 (Roll no. 497). (text: CR H10560-10566)
- H.Con.Res. 148 Directing the Secretary of the Senate to make a correction in the enrollment of the bill S. 3628.Dec 21, 2018 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 7187 National Flood Insurance Program Further Extension Act of 2018Dec 1, 2018 · Became Public Law No: 115-281.
- H.R. 7056 Modern School Threat Reporting Act of 2018Nov 15, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, Homeland Security, and Investigations.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3036 (114th) 9/11 Memorial ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 5676 (115th) SENIOR Communities Protection Act of 2018Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4263 (115th) Regulation A+ Improvement Act of 2017Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2295 (114th) National Energy Security Corridors ActReported from committee
- H.R. 3176 (115th) Disaster Assistance Fairness and Accountability Act of 2017Reported from committee
- H.R. 3605 (115th) Fairness for Korean DMZ Veterans Act of 201748 cosponsors
- H.R. 1604 (114th) Veterans' Mental Health Care Access Act25 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Macarthur has won
Rep. Macarthur has won 2 U.S. House elections (2014–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 9.6 to 20.4 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 New Jersey’s 3rd district done while Rep. MacArthur served?
2015 to 2018 in NJ-3: typical household income was up 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 1.7 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.1 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 New Jersey’s 3rd district during MacArthur’s time representing it (2015 to 2019). 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. NJ-3 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in MacArthur’s term so far (2015 to 2018) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
115th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 25 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 25 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 24 | See the 24 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 4 | See the 4 → |
| With a committee report listed | 3 | See the 3 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 115th 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.