Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
Peter Smith
Peter Smith was a Republican U.S. representative from Vermont, first elected to Congress in 1989.
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. 4063 Lake Champlain Special Designation Act of 1990Nov 16, 1990 · See H.R.4323.
- H.R. 5218 To establish a National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreements for School Restructuring.Aug 17, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- H.Res. 407 That the House of Representatives urges the President to instruct the Attorney General to appoint an independent counsel to investigate the involvement of…Jul 11, 1990 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 3347 To establish a National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreements for School Restructuring.May 7, 1990 · Field Hearings Held in Burlington, Vermont.
- H.R. 4004 Bovine Growth Hormone Moratorium Act of 1990Feb 26, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 388 (101st) To designate the period commencing on October 9, 1989, and ending on October 15, 1989, as "National Morgan Horse Week".39 cosponsors
- H.R. 2223 (101st) Oil Spill Resource Restoration Act18 cosponsors
- H.R. 2874 (101st) To amend the Carl D. Perkins Vocational Education Act by establishing a National Demonstration Program for Educational Performance Agreements.13 cosponsors
- H.R. 3258 (101st) Critical Languages and Area Studies Program Assistance Act8 cosponsors
- H.R. 3257 (101st) Stratospheric Ozone Layer Protection Act4 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 1 U.S. House election (1988–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.7 to 3.7 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 11 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 11 | 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.