Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress

Larkin Smith

REPUBLICAN U.S. Representative · MississippiHouse 1989–1991 (MS-5)

Larkin Smith was a Republican U.S. representative from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1989.

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1Bills & resolutions sponsored101st–101st Congress (excludes amendments)

0Passed a chamberof 1 bills & resolutions sponsored

0Became law101st–101st Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 2620 Turtle Protection Parity Act of 1989
Jun 28, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Fisheries and Wildlife Conservation and the Environment.

Elections Rep. Smith has won

Rep. Smith has won 1 U.S. House election (1988–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.0 to 10.0 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won1 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 10.0 points1988, MS-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 1 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Mississippi’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Trent Lott (R) 1976–1986 → Larkin Smith (R) 1988 → Gene Taylor (D) 1990–2000. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 1 bill sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	1	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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.