Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
George E. Sangmeister
George Sangmeister was a Democratic U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1989, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (101st–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. 4946 Illinois Land Conservation Act of 1994Oct 8, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Armed Services.
- H.R. 4724 To amend title 38, United States Code, relating to veterans housing programs, and for other purposes.Oct 7, 1994 · See H.R.5244.
- H.R. 949 To amend title 38, United States Code, to increase the amount of the loan guaranty for loans for the purchase or construction of homes.Oct 7, 1994 · See H.R.5244.
- H.J.Res. 131 Designating December 7 of each year as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day".Aug 23, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-308.
- H.R. 4671 To amend title 38, United States Code, to provide direct loans and set asides for disabled veterans.Jul 7, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 575 (101st) To designate June 25, 1990, as "Korean War Remembrance Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 255 (102nd) Designating the week beginning July 21, 1991, as the "Korean War Veterans Remembrance Week".Became law
- H.J.Res. 450 (102nd) Designating December 7 of each year as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day".83 cosponsors
- H.R. 2419 (102nd) Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act60 cosponsors
- H.R. 4144 (101st) Global Elementary Education Act of 199059 cosponsors
- H.R. 2663 (103rd) Air Traffic Controller Incentive and Retention Act44 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sangmeister has won
Rep. Sangmeister has won 3 U.S. House elections (1988–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.6 to 18.4 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 18 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 18 | 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.