Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
John W. Olver
John Olver was a Democratic U.S. representative from Massachusetts, first elected to Congress in 1991, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 4 bills that became law (102nd–112th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 2767 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 8 West Silver Street in Westfield, Massachusetts, as the "William T. Trant Post…May 15, 2012 · Became Public Law No: 112-114.
- H.R. 2134 Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2011Jun 3, 2011 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 6373 Medicaid Advanced Practice Nurses and Physician Assistants Access Act of 2009Sep 29, 2010 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.R. 5850 Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2011Aug 2, 2010 · Received in the Senate. Read twice. Placed on Senate Legislative Calendar under General Orders. Calendar No. 503.
- H.R. 3288 Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2010Dec 16, 2009 · Became Public Law No: 111-117.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2818 (102nd) To designate the Federal building located at 78 Center Street in Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as the "Silvio O. Conte Federal Building", and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1814 (107th) Metacomet-Monadnock-Mattabesett Trail Study Act of 2002Became law
- H.R. 1528 (110th) New England National Scenic Trail Designation ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 3074 (110th) Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2008Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 1050 (110th) Recognizing Pittsfield, Massachusetts, as being home to the earliest known reference to the word "baseball" in the United States as well as being the…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2062 (107th) To extend the effective period of the consent of Congress to the interstate compact relating to the restoration of Atlantic salmon to the Connecticut River…Reported from committee
- H.R. 620 (110th) Climate Stewardship Act of 2007136 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Olver has won
Rep. Olver has won 10 U.S. House elections (1992–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.5 to 56.7 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.
How has Massachusetts’s 1st district done while Rep. Olver served?
2005 to 2011 in MA-1: typical household income was down 7% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 3.6 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 Massachusetts’s 1st district during Olver’s time representing it (1991 to 2013). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
Only one set of district lines is shown. MA-1 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022, and a redrawn district is a different place. So this card shows only the longest stretch on the same lines during the term, 2005 to 2011 (no 2020 yearly estimate), not the full 1991 to 2013.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 2 | See the 2 → |
| 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 112th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.