Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Jim Chapman
Jim Chapman was a Democratic U.S. representative from Texas, first elected to Congress in 1985, who sponsored 1 bill 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.R. 2936 To provide that if a member nation of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, the Republic of Korea, or Japan does not agree, by the end of fiscal year 1997…Jul 5, 1996 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
- H.R. 125 Gun Crime Enforcement and Second Amendment Restoration Act of 1996Mar 25, 1996 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- H.R. 994 Regulatory Sunset and Review Act of 1995Feb 29, 1996 · Rules Committee Resolution H. Res. 368 Reported to House. Rule provides for consideration of H.R. 994 with 1 hour of general debate. Previous question shall…
- H.R. 692 Rural Community Wastewater Treatment Affordability Act of 1995Feb 9, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment.
- H.R. 122 Regulatory Sunset Act of 1995Jan 25, 1995 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Commercial and Administrative Law.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3840 (103rd) To designate the Federal building and United States courthouse located at 100 East Houston Street in Marshall, Texas, as the "Sam B. Hall, Jr. Federal…Became law
- H.J.Res. 242 (100th) A joint resolution designating September 1987 as "Southern Gospel Music Month".94 cosponsors
- H.Res. 168 (100th) A resolution to express the sense of the House of Representatives with respect to proposals currently before the Congress to increase the level of Federal…76 cosponsors
- H.R. 3584 (103rd) Truth in Sentencing Act of 199374 cosponsors
- H.R. 316 (100th) A bill to provide for the reimbursement of States for advance construction of highways.36 cosponsors
- H.R. 3001 (101st) To condition payment to Iran of any compensation for the downing of Iran Air Flight 655 by the USS VINCENNES on July 3, 1988, on the release of the United…33 cosponsors
- H.R. 5100 (103rd) To repeal the ban on semiautomatic assault weapons and the ban on large capacity ammunition feeding devices.27 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Chapman has won
Rep. Chapman has won 5 U.S. House elections (1986–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.4 to 24.5 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 5 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 5 | 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
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.