Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Samuel S. Stratton
Samuel Stratton was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1959, who sponsored 2 bills 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
- H.J.Res. 626 A joint resolution designating September 13, 1989, as "Uncle Sam Day".Nov 9, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-645.
- H.R. 4188 A bill to designate the building located at 445 Broadway in Albany, New York, as the "James T. Foley United States Post Office and Courthouse".Oct 14, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-489.
- H.R. 1817 Informed Electorate Act of 1987Jul 14, 1987 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 521 Free Political Broadcasting Act of 1985Jul 14, 1987 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2459 A bill for the relief of the City of Albany, New York.Jun 4, 1987 · Executive Comment Requested from State, Treasury, Commerce, Labor, ITC, USTR.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Stratton has won
Rep. Stratton has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 55.9 to 92.8 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 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 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.