Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Mary Rose Oakar
Mary Oakar was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 13 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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.J.Res. 484 Designating the week beginning February 14, 1993, as "National Visiting Nurse Associations Week".Oct 23, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-467.
- H.R. 5739 Export Enhancement Act of 1992Oct 21, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-429.
- H.R. 5116 Defense Economic Adjustment, Conversion, and Reinvestment Act of 1992Sep 11, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on SBA, the General Economy, and Minority Enterprise Development.
- H.R. 5873 International Finance Effectiveness Act of 1992Sep 1, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Development, Finance, Trade and Monetary Policy.
- H.R. 5872 Women in the Armed Forces Commemorative Coins ActSep 1, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 215 (101st) To amend title 5, United States Code, with respect to the method by which premium pay is determined for irregular, unscheduled overtime duty performed by a…Became law
- H.R. 2249 (100th) A bill to change the title of employees designated by the Librarian of Congress for police duty and to make the rank structure and pay for such employees the…Became law
- H.R. 5641 (101st) Capitol Police Retirement ActBecame law
- H.R. 2935 (102nd) To designate the building located at 6600 Lorain Avenue in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "Patrick J. Patton United States Post Office Building".Became law
- H.R. 2692 (101st) To amend the Woodrow Wilson Memorial Act of 1968 to provide that the Secretary of Education and two additional individuals from private life shall be members…Became law
- H.J.Res. 212 (102nd) To designate the week beginning February 16, 1992, as "National Visiting Nurse Associations Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 53 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning March 1, 1987, as "Federal Employees Recognition Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 22 (101st) To designate the week beginning March 6, 1989, as "Federal Employees Recognition Week".Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Oakar has won
Rep. Oakar has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 46.7 to 74.3 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 46 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 46 | 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 102nd 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.