Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Bill Alexander
William Alexander was a Democratic U.S. representative from Arkansas, first elected to Congress in 1969.
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. 6189 Equal Human Rights for All American Children Act of 1992Oct 8, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
- H.R. 4560 Overseas United States Citizens' Representation in the Congress Act of 1992Apr 28, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
- H.R. 4522 To extend the authorization of appropriations of the TRIO Programs under the Higher Education Act of 1965, and for other purposes.Apr 16, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Postsecondary Education.
- H.R. 4705 Agricultural Commodity Embargo Limitation ActApr 13, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
- H.R. 4561 Overseas American Children's Human Rights Act of 1992Mar 30, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Law, Immigration, and Refugees.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 637 (101st) To declare September 1991 as "National Rice Month".227 cosponsors
- H.R. 4692 (100th) Agricultural Commodity Embargo Limitation Act95 cosponsors
- H.R. 2391 (100th) A bill to make an exception to the United States embargo on trade with Cuba for the export of agricultural commodities produced in the United States.21 cosponsors
- H.R. 4133 (101st) Agricultural Wetlands Exemption Act17 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 633 (101st) To declare September 1991 as "National Rice Month".12 cosponsors
- H.R. 2031 (100th) A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to require that all gasoline sold by refineries in the United States contain a certain percentage of ethanol or certain…4 cosponsors
- H.R. 1420 (101st) Truth in Budgeting Act of 19893 cosponsors
- H.R. 3747 (101st) To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to analyze differences in actual operating costs among rural, large urban, and other urban hospitals, and…2 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Alexander has won
Rep. Alexander has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 28.4 to 37.7 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
102nd 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 102nd 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.