Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Harold L. Volkmer
Harold Volkmer was a Democratic U.S. representative from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 187 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States relative to expenditures to affect Congressional, Presidential, State, and local elections.Sep 4, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 3658 Campaign Spending Limitation Reform Act of 1996Jun 13, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on House Oversight.
- H.R. 3492 Utility Consumer Service Improvement and Protection Act of 1996May 30, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Surface Transportation.
- H.R. 2797 Ethics Reform Act of 1995Feb 9, 1996 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution.
- H.R. 920 Back-To-Basics Crime Control Act of 1995Apr 5, 1995 · Motion to Discharge Committee filed by Mr. Volkmer. Petition No: 104-3.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 829 (101st) Wildfire Suppression Assistance ActBecame law
- H.R. 6014 (102nd) To designate certain land in the State of Missouri owned by the United States and administered by the Secretary of Agriculture as part of the Mark Twain…Became law
- H.J.Res. 111 (103rd) Designating October 21, 1993, as "National Biomedical Research Day".Became law
- H.R. 4936 (100th) Wildfire Suppression Assistance ActPassed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 160 (103rd) To correct the enrollment of H.R. 3123.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 42 (104th) Designating minority membership to the Committee on Standards of Official Conduct.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 316 (102nd) Designating September 18, 1991, as "National Biomedical Research Day".61 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 47 (102nd) Calling upon the United Nations to set up an International Tribunal to try Saddam Hussein and his subordinates responsible for high crimes following the…20 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Volkmer has won
Rep. Volkmer has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.3 to 49.4 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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 104th 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.