Former member of Congress · last served 109th Congress
Harold E. Ford Jr.
Harold Ford was a Democratic U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1997.
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. 5816 To require budgeting for ongoing military operations.Jul 17, 2006 · Referred to the House Committee on the Budget.
- H.R. 4906 21st Century Innovation Act of 2006May 1, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on 21st Century Competitiveness.
- H.R. 4866 Promote Responsibility by Improving Development Education Act of 2006May 1, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Education Reform.
- H.R. 4459 Service for School Act of 2005Mar 27, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Select Education.
- H.Res. 665 Honoring the service of the National Guard and requesting consultation by the Department of Defense with Congress and the chief executive officers of the…Feb 23, 2006 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel.
Top bills sponsored
- H.Con.Res. 13 (108th) Recognizing the importance of blues music, and for other purposes.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2874 (109th) Supply Our Soldiers Act of 200545 cosponsors
- H.R. 887 (109th) Supply Our Soldiers Act of 200535 cosponsors
- H.R. 1561 (109th) Childhood Adoption Act of 200529 cosponsors
- H.R. 1086 (106th) Gun Industry Responsibility Act25 cosponsors
- H.R. 3465 (107th) Call to Service Act of 200122 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 116 (106th) Expressing congressional support for the International Labor Organization's Declaration on Fundamental Principles and Rights at Work.21 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 287 (105th) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the President should take certain actions to address violence in schools in the United States.19 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ford has won
Rep. Ford has won 5 U.S. House elections (1996–2004). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.8 to 67.7 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.
How has Tennessee’s 9th district done while Rep. Ford served?
2005 to 2006 in TN-9: typical household income was about the same after inflation, the share of people below the poverty line was about the same, and the share of workers looking for a job was about the same.
Each mini chart has its own scale, fitted to its lines (it does not start at zero), so compare the numbers, not the heights. Teal = district, oxblood = state, grey = U.S.
While they served, not because of them. This shows what happened in Tennessee’s 9th district during Ford’s time representing it (1997 to 2007). It does not say what the member did or caused. It is not a score, and PORKER never ranks members on it.
One set of district lines. TN-9 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Ford’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
109th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 23 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 23 | 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 109th 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.