Former member of Congress · last served 111th Congress
John M. Spratt, Jr.
John Spratt was a Democratic U.S. representative from South Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–111th 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. 6445 Carolinas Revolutionary Road National Heritage Area ActNov 22, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks, Forests and Public Lands.
- H.Res. 1493 Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.Jul 1, 2010 · Pursuant to the provisions of H. Res. 1500, H. Res. 1493 is considered passed House. (consideration: CR H5357-5358; text as passed House: CR H5357-5358)
- H.Res. 1492 Providing for budget enforcement for fiscal year 2011.Jun 30, 2010 · Referred to House Rules
- H.R. 5448 Perkins Loan Extension Act of 2010Jun 29, 2010 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education, Lifelong Learning, and Competitiveness.
- H.R. 5454 Reduce Unnecessary Spending Act of 2010May 28, 2010 · Referred to House Rules
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 6083 (110th) To authorize funding to conduct a national training program for State and local prosecutors.Became law
- H.J.Res. 644 (100th) A joint resolution granting the consent of Congress to the compact entered into between the State of North Carolina and the State of South Carolina…Became law
- H.R. 4872 (111th) Health Care and Education Reconciliation Act of 2010Became law
- H.R. 3338 (101st) To direct the Secretary of the Interior to convey all interest of the United States in a fish hatchery to the State of South Carolina.Became law
- H.R. 5566 (102nd) To provide additional time to negotiate settlement of a land dispute in South Carolina.Became law
- H.R. 5258 (101st) To require that the President transmit to Congress, that the congressional Budget Committees report, and that the Congress consider a balanced budget for each…Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4830 (107th) Southern Campaign of the Revolution Heritage Area Study ActPassed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 85 (111th) Setting forth the congressional budget for the United States Government for fiscal year 2010 and including the appropriate budgetary levels for fiscal years…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Spratt has won
Rep. Spratt has won 14 U.S. House elections (1982–2008). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.3 to 87.5 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.
How has South Carolina’s 5th district done while Rep. Spratt served?
2005 to 2010 in SC-5: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was up 3.6 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was up 4.5 points.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in South Carolina’s 5th district during Spratt’s time representing it (1983 to 2011). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. SC-5 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Spratt’s term so far (2005 to 2010) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
111th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
| With a committee report listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 2 | See the 2 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 111th 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.