Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Arthur Ravenel Jr.
Arthur Ravenel was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–103rd 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. 1266 To provide permanent duty-free treatment for certain menthol feedstocks.Sep 28, 1994 · See H.R.5110.
- H.R. 2186 To suspend until January 1, 1996, the duty on dimethyl succinyl succinate.Nov 2, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 2185 To suspend until January 1, 1996, the duty on Resolin Red F3BS Components I and II.Oct 29, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 2184 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on chromotropic acid.Sep 30, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 2183 To extend until January 1, 1996, the previously existing suspension of duty on naphthalic acid anhydride.Sep 30, 1993 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3960 (100th) Charles Pinckney National Historic Site ActBecame law
- H.Res. 228 (102nd) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the President should communicate to the leaders of the Government of the People's Republic of China…27 cosponsors
- H.R. 5754 (101st) To designate the Department of Veterans Affairs medical center in Charleston, South Carolina, as the "Ralph H. Johnson Department of Veterans Affairs Medical…5 cosponsors
- H.Res. 405 (100th) A resolution relating to a survey of the shores of the State of South Carolina in the interest of beach erosion control, hurricane protection, and related…5 cosponsors
- H.R. 1821 (101st) To provide duty-free treatment for certain menthol feedstocks.1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ravenel has won
Rep. Ravenel has won 4 U.S. House elections (1986–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.1 to 33.6 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 9 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 9 | 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 103rd 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.