Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Denny Smith
Denny Smith was a Republican U.S. representative from Oregon, first elected to Congress in 1981.
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. 5809 To amend the Act incorporating the American Legion so as to redefine eligibility for membership therein.Oct 15, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Administrative Law and Governmental Relations.
- H.R. 3918 Violent Crime Control and Criminal Procedures Reform Act of 1989May 23, 1990 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 4124 Student Loan Default Reduction Amendments of 1990Apr 4, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
- H.R. 4352 To authorize the Secretary of the Army to release the reversionary interest of the United States in certain portions of Camp Withycombe, Clackamas County…Mar 26, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Installations and Facilities.
- H.R. 3603 To direct the heads of Federal departments and agencies to disclose information concerning United States personnel classified as prisoners of war or missing…Nov 13, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Legislation and National Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 811 (100th) A bill to designate the National Forage Seed Production Research Center in Corvallis, Oregon, as the "Mark O. Hatfield National Forade Seed Production…Reported from committee
- H.R. 2434 (100th) A bill to designate the westernmost point of Guam as "Point Udall" and to provide for the placement of a plaque on such point, in honor of Morris Udall.159 cosponsors
- H.R. 810 (100th) A bill to amend the Federal Aviation Act of 1958 to require that complaint forms and information on an airline's service record be included with each…42 cosponsors
- H.Res. 122 (101st) Requesting the Secretary of Labor to publish certain standards respecting volunteer fire departments.30 cosponsors
- H.Res. 516 (100th) A resolution requesting the Secretary of Labor to publish certain standards respecting volunteer fire departments.25 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 238 (100th) A concurrent resolution calling for a modified freeze on Federal spending in fiscal year 1989.20 cosponsors
- H.R. 1644 (101st) To authorize the Director of the Bureau of Justice Assistance to make grants to assist in the construction of maximum security correctional facilities in…14 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Smith has won
Rep. Smith has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.3 to 20.9 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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 101st 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.