Former member of Congress · last served 112th Congress
Edolphus Towns
Edolphus Towns was a Democratic U.S. representative from New York, first elected to Congress in 1983, who voted with most Democrats on 93% of the 112th Congress’s yes/no votes and sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–112th 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.
5 most recent votes
- YeaOn Motion to Concur in the Senate Amendments — American Taxpayer Relief Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Agreeing to the Resolution — Providing for consideration of the Senate amendments to the bill (H.R. 8) to extend certain tax relief provisions enacted in 2001 and…Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — Drywall Safety Act of 2012Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- YeaOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Concur in the Senate Amendment — To provide for the conveyance of certain property from the United States to the Maniilaq Association located in Kotzebue, Alaska.Jan 1, 2013 · Passed
- NayOn Motion to Suspend the Rules and Pass — Congressional Pay Freeze and Fiscal Responsibility ActJan 1, 2013 · Passed
5 most recent bills
- H.R. 4053 Improper Payments Elimination and Recovery Improvement Act of 2012Jan 10, 2013 · Became Public Law No: 112-248.
- H.R. 5852 To amend title 5, United States Code, to provide that spouses and widows or widowers of certain veterans and members of the armed forces receive preference…May 18, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.
- H.R. 5637 To extend the temporary suspension of duty on certain golf bags.May 14, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.
- H.R. 5718 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to revise the new market tax credit rules for population census tracts with low populations.May 10, 2012 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3405 Increased Student Achievement Through Increased Student Support ActMar 29, 2012 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Higher Education and Workforce Training.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3179 (110th) Local Preparedness Acquisition ActBecame law
- H.R. 3871 (104th) To waive temporarily the Medicaid enrollment composition rule for certain health maintenance organizations.Became law
- H.R. 363 (105th) To amend section 2118 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992 to extend the Electric and Magnetic Fields Research and Public Information Dissemination Program.Became law
- H.R. 430 (110th) To designate the United States bankruptcy courthouse located at 271 Cadman Plaza East in Brooklyn, New York, as the 'Conrad B. Duberstein United States…Became law
- H.R. 2266 (103rd) An act for the relief of Orlando Wayne NaraysinghBecame law
- H.R. 1454 (101st) Student Right-to-Know and Campus Security ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 1014 (111th) Recognizing and supporting the goals and ideals of North American Inclusion Month.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 964 (110th) Spy ActPassed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Towns has won
Rep. Towns has won 15 U.S. House elections (1982–2010). Of the contested races, margins ran from 24.5 to 80.7 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 New York’s 10th district done while Rep. Towns served?
2005 to 2012 in NY-10: typical household income was up 78% after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was down 7.4 points, and the share of workers looking for a job was down 3.7 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 New York’s 10th district during Towns’s time representing it (1993 to 2013). 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. NY-10’s lines did not change in these years, so every year can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
112th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 16 | See the 16 → |
| With a CBO cost estimate listed | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a committee report listed | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 112th 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 · latest recorded House vote Sep 16, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.