Former member of Congress · last served 115th Congress
Mark Sanford
Mark Sanford was a Republican U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1995.
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. 6923 Promoting Responsible and Free Trade ActOct 5, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5572 One Percent Spending Reduction Act of 2018Apr 18, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on the Budget, and in addition to the Committee on Rules, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case…
- H.R. 5290 Federal Employee Bonus Disclosure ActMar 14, 2018 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 5061 Shellfish Aquaculture Improvement Act of 2018Feb 16, 2018 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation.
- H.R. 4934 To prohibit assistance to the Government of Pakistan, and to require the Department of State and the United States Agency for International Development to…Feb 5, 2018 · Referred to the Committee on Foreign Affairs, and in addition to the Committee on Appropriations, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker…
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4803 (113th) TSA Office of Inspection Accountability Act of 2014Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3241 (106th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to recalculate the franchise fee owed by Fort Sumter Tours, Inc., a concessioner providing service to Fort Sumter…Reported from committee
- H.R. 664 (114th) Freedom to Travel to Cuba Act of 2015131 cosponsors
- H.R. 4471 (106th) To allow travel between the United States and Cuba.103 cosponsors
- H.R. 5349 (106th) Taxpayers' Choice Debt Reduction Act93 cosponsors
- H.R. 3195 (104th) To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.71 cosponsors
- H.R. 907 (105th) To amend title 23, United States Code, to modify the minimum allocation formula under the Federal-aid highway program, and for other purposes.61 cosponsors
- H.R. 4893 (114th) Risk Management and Homeowner Stability Act of 201654 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sanford has won
Rep. Sanford has won 5 U.S. House elections (1994–2016). Of the contested races, margins ran from 21.7 to 92.9 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 South Carolina’s 1st district done while Rep. Sanford served?
2013 to 2018 in SC-1: typical household income was up 10% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 2.1 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.9 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 South Carolina’s 1st district during Sanford’s time representing it (2013 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. SC-1 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Sanford’s term so far (2013 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 14 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 14 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 14 | See the 14 → |
| 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 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.