Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
Mel Hancock
Melton Hancock was a Republican U.S. representative from Missouri, first elected to Congress in 1989.
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. 3464 To make a minor adjustment in the exterior boundary of the Devils Backbone Wilderness in the Mark Twain National Forest, Missouri, to exclude a small parcel…Aug 5, 1996 · Referred to Subcommittee on Parks, Preservation and Recreation.
- H.R. 4588 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to consolidate the retail level and refinery level taxes on aviation gasoline by imposing the entire tax at the…Jun 16, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.J.Res. 183 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to allow an item veto of appropriation bills.Apr 26, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.
- H.R. 193 Judicial Taxation Prohibition ActFeb 10, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
- H.J.Res. 31 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the terms of office for Members of Congress.Feb 10, 1993 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4683 (101st) Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act142 cosponsors
- H.R. 640 (102nd) Judicial Taxation Prohibition Act95 cosponsors
- H.R. 689 (101st) To provide that no elected or appointed officer or employee of the Government shall receive any increase in pay unless the Federal budget is in balance.1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hancock has won
Rep. Hancock has won 4 U.S. House elections (1988–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.3 to 23.3 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
104th 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 | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.