Former member of Congress · last served 116th Congress
David P. Roe
David Roe was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 2009, who voted with most Republicans on 96% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 7 bills that became law (113th–116th 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
- NayOn 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
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 1812 Vet Center Eligibility Expansion ActOct 20, 2020 · Became Public Law No: 116-176.
- H.R. 7728 COVID–19 Benefits for Active Duty Servicemembers, the Reserve Components, and their Survivors Act of 2020Oct 6, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs.
- H.R. 7469 Modernizing Veterans' Healthcare Eligibility ActSep 30, 2020 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 3826 Veterans 2nd Amendment Protection ActSep 10, 2020 · Committee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 7111 Veterans Economic Recovery Act of 2020Jul 30, 2020 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended) by Voice Vote.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3218 (115th) Harry W. Colmery Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2017Became law
- H.R. 2094 (113th) School Access to Emergency Epinephrine ActBecame law
- H.R. 6621 (115th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 530 East Main Street in Johnson City, Tennessee, as the "Major Homer L. Pease Post…Became law
- H.R. 6416 (114th) Jeff Miller and Richard Blumenthal Veterans Health Care and Benefits Improvement Act of 2016Became law
- H.J.Res. 80 (116th) Approving the request of the Secretary of Veterans Affairs for a waiver under section 1703E(f) of title 38, United States Code.Became law
- H.R. 2814 (114th) To name the Department of Veterans Affairs community-based outpatient clinic in Sevierville, Tennessee, the Dannie A. Carr Veterans Outpatient Clinic.Became law
- H.R. 849 (115th) Protecting Seniors Access to Medicare ActPassed a chamber
- H.R. 1190 (114th) Protecting Seniors' Access to Medicare Act of 2015Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Roe has won
Rep. Roe has won 6 U.S. House elections (2008–2018). Of the contested races, margins ran from 47.3 to 75.7 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 Tennessee’s 1st district done while Rep. Roe served?
2009 to 2019 in TN-1: typical household income was up 13% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 7.0 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 Tennessee’s 1st district during Roe’s time representing it (2009 to 2021). 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. TN-1 was redrawn in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Roe’s term so far (2009 to 2019) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
116th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 28 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 28 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 116th 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.