Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Jamie L. Whitten
Jamie Whitten was a Democratic U.S. representative from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1941, who sponsored 37 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. 3714 Corinth, Mississippi, Battlefield Act of 1993Jul 25, 1994 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.R. 2907 To revive and extend through December 31, 1996, a temporary reduction of duty on certain disposable surgical gowns and drapes.Mar 15, 1994 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.Res. 326 To inform the Senate that a quorum of the House has assembled.Jan 25, 1994 · Received in the Senate.
- H.Res. 4 Authorizing the Clerk of the House to inform the President that the House of Representatives has elected Thomas S. Foley, a Representative from the State of…Jan 5, 1993 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.J.Res. 553 Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1993, and for other purposes.Oct 1, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-376.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 157 (102nd) Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations and Transfers for Relief from the Effects of Natural Disasters, for Other Urgent Needs, and for Incremental Costs…Became law
- H.J.Res. 332 (102nd) Making continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.J.Res. 360 (102nd) Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1992, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1281 (102nd) Dire Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Consequences of Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm, Food Stamps, Unemployment Compensation Administration…Became law
- H.R. 1282 (102nd) Operation Desert Shield/Desert Storm Supplemental Appropriations Act, 1991Became law
- H.R. 2698 (102nd) Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992Became law
- H.R. 2942 (102nd) Department of Transportation and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1992Became law
- H.R. 4990 (102nd) Rescinding certain budget authority, and for other purposes.Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Whitten has won
Rep. Whitten has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 18.9 to 76.7 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 4 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 4 | 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.