Former member of Congress · last served 117th Congress
Madison Cawthorn
Madison Cawthorn was a Republican U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 2021.
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. 9298 To direct the Secretary of Labor to conduct a study on implementing a process through which a State or business may apply for an exemption from enforcement of…Nov 15, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Education and Labor.
- H.Res. 1472 Clarifying the application of rule XXI of the Rules of the House of Representatives to certain retrenchments of expenditures in appropriations measures, and…Nov 15, 2022 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
- H.R. 8915 BOND Act of 2022Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- H.R. 7507 REFORM Act of 2022Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Immigration and Citizenship.
- H.R. 6918 No Publicity for Terrorists Act of 2022Nov 1, 2022 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4702 (117th) Military Spouse Tax Act31 cosponsors
- H.R. 7319 (117th) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 33 Coxe Avenue, in Asheville, North Carolina, as the "Dorothy Hansine Andersen Post…11 cosponsors
- H.R. 5728 (117th) JAB Act9 cosponsors
- H.R. 6879 (117th) Task Force Pineapple Congressional Gold Medal Act8 cosponsors
- H.R. 2391 (117th) Veterans Fellowship Act7 cosponsors
- H.R. 5613 (117th) Let Me Travel America Act7 cosponsors
- H.R. 4630 (117th) No Fly for Illegals Act6 cosponsors
- H.R. 3137 (117th) Protect Equality And Civics Education (PEACE) Act4 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Cawthorn has won
Rep. Cawthorn has won 1 U.S. House election (2020–2020). Of the contested races, margins ran from 12.2 to 12.2 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
117th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 50 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 50 | Source: Congress.gov member record, PORKER copy of October 26, 2026 ↗ See them → |
| With a sponsor’s constitutional-authority statement | 41 | See the 41 → |
| 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 117th 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.