Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
Bill Chappell Jr.
William Chappell was a Democratic U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1969, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–100th 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. 3559 A bill to authorize the acquisition of 25 acres to be used for an administrative headquarters for Canaveral National Seashore.Oct 31, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-564.
- H.R. 4781 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1989Oct 1, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-463.
- H.Con.Res. 291 A concurrent resolution to recognize the heroic efforts of the officers and crew of the USS BONEFISH.May 10, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Military Personnel and Compensation.
- H.R. 4233 A bill to designate the Federal Building at 400 West Bay Street in Jacksonville, Florida, as the "Charles E. Bennett Federal Building".Apr 4, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Public Buildings and Grounds.
- H.R. 3576 Department of Defense Appropriations Act, 1988Dec 22, 1987 · For Further Action See H.J.Res. 395.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1205 (100th) A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release a reversionary interest of the United States in certain land located in Putnam County, Florida, and…Became law
- H.J.Res. 353 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning April 10, 1988, as "National Telecommunicators Week".179 cosponsors
- H.J.Res. 116 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning April 12, 1987, as "National Telecommunicators' Week".137 cosponsors
- H.R. 763 (100th) A bill to provide for the Mary McCleod Bethune Memorial Fine Arts Center to be established by the Bethune-Cookman College in Volusia County, Florida.51 cosponsors
- H.R. 768 (100th) A bill to amend title II of the Social Security Act to provide that the waiting period for disability benefits shall not be applicable in the case of a…3 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Chappell has won
Rep. Chappell has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 29.6 to 46.2 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 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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.