Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Terry Sanford
Terry Sanford was a Democratic U.S. senator from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 1 bill 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
- S. 3277 State Health Care Reform Incentive Act of 1992Sep 25, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S. 3244 Fish and Wildlife Law Enforcement Clarification Act of 1992Sep 17, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
- S. 1299 A bill to name the Post Office building located at 200 3d Street, S.W., in Taylorsville, North Carolina, as the "Clifford G. Watts Post Office".Aug 5, 1992 · Committee on Governmental Affairs. Ordered to be reported without amendment favorably.
- S. 3067 A bill to suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on 1,8-Dichloroanthraquinone.Jul 24, 1992 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.
- S.Res. 326 A resolution to express the sense of the Senate that a National Institutes for the Environment should be established.Jul 23, 1992 · Referred to the Committee on Environment and Public Works.
Top bills sponsored
- S.J.Res. 138 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the period commencing on July 13, 1987, and ending on July 26, 1987, as "U.S. Olympic Festival-'87 Celebration", and to…Became law
- S. 100 (102nd) Central American Democracy and Development ActPassed a chamber
- S.Con.Res. 24 (100th) A concurrent resolution supporting the initiative Central American heads of state, meeting in San Jose, Costa Rica, in formulating a regional proposal for…Passed a chamber
- S. 1563 (101st) Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Compact Amendments Consent Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- S.Con.Res. 63 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress regarding the formulation and implementation of a regional economic development and recovery…Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 122 (101st) A resolution expressing the sense of the Senate in support of actions to eliminate preventable deaths and disabling illness, especially among children…Passed a chamber
- S. 1338 (102nd) A bill for the relief of Chi Hsii Tsui, Jin Mie Tsui, Yin Whee Tsui, Yin Tao Tsui, and Yin Chao Tsui.Passed a chamber
- S. 2047 (102nd) A bill to establish a commission to commemorate the bicentennial of the establishment of the Democratic Party of the United States.Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Sanford has won
Sen. Sanford has won 1 U.S. Senate election (1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.8 to 1.8 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 42 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 42 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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.