Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Robert Smith
Robert Smith was a Republican U.S. representative from Oregon, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–105th 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. 4326 Oregon Public Lands Transfer and Protection Act of 1998Oct 30, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-321.
- H.R. 1197 Plant Patent Amendment Act of 1998Oct 27, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-289.
- H.R. 3796 To authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to convey the administrative site for the Rogue River National Forest and use the proceeds for the construction or…Oct 26, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-282.
- H.Res. 583 Expressing the sense of the House with respect to barriers between the United States and Canada with regard to certain agriculture products.Oct 8, 1998 · Referred to House Agriculture
- H.R. 4148 Export Apple ActOct 6, 1998 · Received in the Senate.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3840 (101st) To establish the Newberry Volcanoes National Monument in the State of Oregon, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1198 (105th) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey certain land to the City of Grants Pass, Oregon.Became law
- H.R. 1944 (105th) Warner Canyon Ski Hill Land Exchange Act of 1997Became law
- H.R. 2493 (105th) Forage Improvement Act of 1997Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1342 (105th) To provide for a one-year enrollment in the conservation reserve of land covered by expiring conservation reserve program contracts.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 365 (105th) Regarding the bill S. 1150, the Agricultural Research, Extension, and Education Reauthorization Act of 1998.Passed a chamber
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 7 U.S. House elections (1982–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.1 to 36.1 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
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 30 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 30 | 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 | 5 | See the 5 → |
| With a committee report listed | 8 | See the 8 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 105th 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.