Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Sonny Callahan
H. Callahan was a Republican U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–107th 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. 5431 Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003Sep 24, 2002 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.
- H.R. 2651 To extend the temporary suspension of the duty on 4-[[4,6-Bis(octylthio)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]-2,6-bis(1,1 dimethylethyl)phenol.May 20, 2002 · Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2651)
- H.R. 4695 To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in Alabama as units of the…May 14, 2002 · Executive Comment Requested from Interior.
- H.R. 3999 To suspend temporarily the duty on 5-Chloro-1-indanone.Mar 19, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3998 To suspend temporarily the duty on ethyl pyruvate.Mar 19, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 92 (105th) Alabama-Coosa-Tallapoosa River Basin CompactBecame law
- H.R. 2311 (107th) Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002Became law
- H.R. 4811 (106th) Kentucky National Forest Land Transfer Act of 2000Became law
- H.R. 2159 (105th) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1998Became law
- H.R. 1868 (104th) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 1996Became law
- H.R. 3414 (100th) A bill for the relief of Meenakshiben P. Patel.Became law
- H.R. 2262 (104th) To designate the United States Post Office building located at 218 North Alston Street in Foley, Alabama, as the "Holk Post Office Building".Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2606 (106th) Foreign Operations, Export Financing, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2000Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Callahan has won
Rep. Callahan has won 9 U.S. House elections (1984–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 2.0 to 82.8 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
107th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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 | 2 | See the 2 → |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 107th 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.