Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
William H. Boner
William Boner was a Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1979.
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. 2493 A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 relating to the amount of funds available for noise compatibility planning and programs, and…Dec 18, 1987 · See H.R.2310.
- H.R. 3136 A bill to establish certain requirements relating to the identification, treatment, and prevention of child abuse on military installations.Aug 17, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
- H.R. 954 Excellence in Minority Health Education and Care ActAug 4, 1987 · Ordered to be Reported (Amended).
- H.R. 2538 A bill to award a congressional gold medal to Roy Acuff.Jun 15, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Consumer Affairs and Coinage.
- H.R. 2396 A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to eliminate certain provisions which presently require the rounding of automatic cost-of-living…May 15, 1987 · Referred to Subcommittee on Social Security.
Top bills sponsored
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Boner has won
Rep. Boner has won 5 U.S. House elections (1978–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.0 to 60.3 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 7 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 7 | 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 100th 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.