Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
John C. Stennis
John Stennis was a Democratic U.S. senator from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1947, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th 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
- S. 2749 Defense Authorization Amendments and Base Closure and Realignment ActOct 24, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-526.
- S.Res. 502 A resolution commending A. Blair Crownover for his service to the Senate.Oct 18, 1988 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
- S.Res. 498 A resolution commending Cornel H. Petrassevich for his service to the United States of America.Oct 14, 1988 · Submitted in the Senate, considered, and agreed to without amendment and with a preamble by Voice Vote.
- S.Res. 369 An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Appropriations.Feb 17, 1988 · Committee on Rules. Ordered favorably reported an original resolution (S.Res. 381) in lieu of this measure.
- S. 1923 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988Jan 26, 1988 · Indefinitely postponed by Senate by Voice Vote.
Top bills sponsored
- S.Res. 322 (100th) An original resolution authorizing supplemental expenditures for the Committee on Appropriations.Passed a chamber
- S.Res. 58 (100th) An original resolution authorizing expenditures by the Committee on Appropriations.Reported from committee
- S.J.Res. 164 (100th) A joint resolution to designate June 25, 1987, as "National Catfish Day".50 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Sen. Stennis has won
Sen. Stennis has won 2 U.S. Senate elections (1976, 1982). Of the contested races, margins ran from 28.4 to 28.4 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| 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 100th 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.