Former member of Congress · last served 105th Congress
Louis Stokes
Louis Stokes was a Democratic U.S. representative from Ohio, first elected to Congress in 1969, who sponsored 8 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. 1635 National Underground Railroad Network to Freedom Act of 1998Jul 21, 1998 · Became Public Law No: 105-203.
- H.R. 3020 Brownfields Reclamation Act of 1997Nov 24, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 1895 Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Amendments Act of 1997Jun 26, 1997 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
- H.R. 2699 Fans Rights Act of 1995Apr 23, 1996 · For Further Action See H.R.2740.
- H.R. 1341 Disadvantaged Minority Health Improvement Authorization Extension Act of 1995Apr 10, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health and Environment.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4448 (100th) A bill to designate the Cleveland Ohio General Mail Facility and Main Office in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "John O. Holly Building of the United States Postal…Became law
- H.R. 2491 (103rd) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and Independent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994Became law
- H.R. 4624 (103rd) Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, andIndependent Agencies Appropriations Act, 1995Became law
- H.R. 831 (102nd) To designate the Owens Finance Station of the United States Postal Service in Cleveland, Ohio, as the "Jesse Owens Building of the United States Postal…Became law
- H.R. 2112 (100th) Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1988Became law
- H.R. 4387 (100th) Intelligence Authorization Act, Fiscal Year 1989Became law
- H.R. 1270 (100th) A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Mrs. Jesse Owens.Became law
- H.J.Res. 454 (102nd) Assassination Materials Disclosure Resolution of 1992Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Stokes has won
Rep. Stokes has won 11 U.S. House elections (1976–1996). Of the contested races, margins ran from 49.6 to 76.5 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
105th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 3 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 3 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.