Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Tom Sawyer
Tom Sawyer was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 10 bills that became law (100th–107th 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. 2814 Interstate Transmission ActAug 16, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Energy and Air Quality.
- H.R. 2136 Confidential Information Protection ActJul 9, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Government Efficiency, Financial Management and Intergovernmental Relations.
- H.R. 2135 Consumer Privacy Protection ActJun 18, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection.
- H.R. 1828 Unilateral Sanction Reporting ActJun 11, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Operations and Human Rights.
- H.Con.Res. 70 Expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States should develop, promote, and implement policies to slow global population growth by voluntary means.Apr 2, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Environment and Hazardous Materials.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 751 (102nd) National Literacy Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 1860 (101st) To provide that a Federal annuitant or former member of a uniformed service who returns to Government service, under a temporary appointment, to assist in…Became law
- H.R. 3280 (102nd) Decennial Census Improvement Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 2608 (103rd) An Act to provide for the reauthorization of the collection and publication of quaterly financial statistics by the Secretary of Commerce through fiscal year…Became law
- H.R. 1011 (104th) To extend the deadline under the Federal Power Act applicable to the construction of a hydroelectric project in the State of Ohio.Became law
- H.R. 2181 (102nd) To permit the Secretary of the Interior to acquire by exchange lands in the Cuyahoga National Recreation Area that are owned by the State of Ohio.Became law
- H.R. 2756 (100th) A bill to amend the Middle Atlantic Interstate Forest Fire Protection Compact to include the State of Ohio.Became law
- H.R. 4637 (101st) To amend Public Law 101-86 to eliminate the 6-month limitation on the period for which civilian and military retirees may serve as temporary employees, in…Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sawyer has won
Rep. Sawyer has won 8 U.S. House elections (1986–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.9 to 49.5 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | 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 107th 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.