Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Mike Espy
Mike Espy was a Democratic U.S. representative from Mississippi, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 6 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 183 Lower Mississippi Delta Development Financing Corporation ActFeb 1, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Growth and Credit Formation.
- H.J.Res. 503 Acknowledging the sacrifices that military families have made on behalf of the Nation and designating November 23, 1992, as "National Military Families…Oct 27, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-540.
- H.R. 6188 Lower Mississippi Delta Development Financing Corporation ActOct 7, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic Stabilization.
- H.R. 5742 USDA National Appeals Division Act of 1992Aug 4, 1992 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- H.R. 5286 Lower Mississippi River Museum and Riverfront Interpretive Site Act of 1992Jun 25, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on National Parks and Public Lands.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2174 (101st) Mississippi River Corridor Study Commission Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 2799 (101st) To amend the Agricultural Act of 1949 to allow the planting of alternate crops on permitted acreage for the 1990 crop year.Became law
- H.J.Res. 566 (101st) Acknowledging the sacrifices that military families have made on behalf of the Nation and designating November 19, 1990, as "National Military Families…Became law
- H.J.Res. 178 (100th) A joint resolution designating April 4, 1987 as "National Catfish Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 215 (102nd) Acknowledging the sacrifices that military families have made on behalf of the Nation and designating November 25, 1991, as "National Military Families…Became law
- H.J.Res. 543 (100th) A joint resolution acknowledging the sacrifices that military families have made on behalf of the Nation and designating November 21, 1988, as "National…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 220 (102nd) To honor accomplishments and express the appreciation for a dedicated career in public service of the Honorable William H. Gray III on the occasion of his…Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 385 (101st) Acknowledging the sacrifices that military families have made on behalf of the Nation and designating November 20, 1989, as "National Military Families…219 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Espy has won
Rep. Espy has won 4 U.S. House elections (1986–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 3.4 to 68.2 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 1 bill sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 1 | 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 103rd 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.