Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
James McC. Clarke
James Clarke was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–101st 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. 5004 To amend the Wild and Scenic Rivers Act to designate certain segments of the Mills River in the State of North Carolina for potential addition to the wild and…Nov 8, 1990 · Became Public Law No: 101-538.
- H.R. 3291 To direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services to treat hospitals located in Henderson County, North Carolina, as being located in Buncombe County…Sep 25, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Health.
- H.R. 4988 A bill to prohibit the Tennessee Valley Authority from taking any action that results in lowering the water levels of certain lakes in North Carolina.Jul 21, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Water Resources.
- H.R. 1495 Great Smoky Mountains Wilderness ActJun 23, 1988 · Star Print ordered Report 100-297.
- H.Con.Res. 211 A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress to commend the Government of Turkey for preparing to hold free and democratic elections open to…Jan 27, 1988 · Executive Comment Received From State.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1151 (100th) Freeze Assistance Act of 19872 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Clarke has won
Rep. Clarke has won 3 U.S. House elections (1982–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.7 to 1.4 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
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 2 | 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 101st 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.