Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Don Sundquist
Donald Sundquist was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 4641 To restore the previous tariff treatment accorded to hand-cast string-drawn fishing nets.Sep 23, 1994 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 4233 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to allow a taxpayer to elect to deduct either State and local income taxes or State and local sales taxes.Apr 14, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 638 To amend title 18, United States Code, regarding sentencing for capital offenses.Nov 15, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
- H.R. 2656 Security Officers Employment Standards Act of 1993Aug 6, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime and Criminal Justice.
- H.Con.Res. 77 To prohibit any political demonstrations on hallowed ground of National cemeteries.Apr 2, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Housing and Memorial Affairs.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4288 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Office Building located at the corner of Locust Street and West Cumberland Avenue in Knoxville, Tennessee, as the "John J.…Became law
- H.R. 5186 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building and U.S. Courthouse at 109 South Highland, Jackson, Tennessee, as the "Ed" Jones Federal Building.Became law
- H.R. 2835 (100th) A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release certain restrictions on a parcel of land located in Henderson, Tennessee.Became law
- H.R. 1168 (102nd) To provide that for taxable years beginning before 1980 the Federal income tax deductibility of flight training expenses shall be determined without regard to…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 612 (101st) Designating October 18, 1990, as "National Hardwood Day".128 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 316 (100th) A concurrent resolution to express deep concern that the Japanese Ministry of Transport has imposed unreasonable and unjustifiable obstacles which have…70 cosponsors
- H.R. 1974 (100th) A bill to deny funds for projects using products or services of foreign countries that deny fair market opportunities.30 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 216 (101st) Urging the reduction of barriers to Americans trading with or investing in Japanese companies.22 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sundquist has won
Rep. Sundquist has won 6 U.S. House elections (1982–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.0 to 60.2 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
103rd 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 | 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 103rd 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.