Former member of Congress · last served 110th Congress
J. Dennis Hastert
J. Hastert was a Republican U.S. representative from Illinois, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 9 bills that became law (100th–110th 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.Res. 594 Honoring the 50th anniversary of the Honorable John D. Dingell's service in the House of Representatives.Dec 13, 2005 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.R. 3767 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 2600 Oak Street in St. Charles, Illinois, as the "Jacob L. Frazier Post Office…Oct 4, 2005 · Became Public Law No: 109-85.
- H.R. 10 Reserved.Jan 4, 2005 · Introduced in House
- H.R. 7 Reserved.Jan 4, 2005 · Introduced in House
- H.R. 2 Reserved.Jan 4, 2005 · Introduced in House
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 5007 (101st) To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 100 South John F. Kennedy Drive, Carpentersville, Illinois, as the "Robert McClory…Became law
- H.R. 400 (107th) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to establish the Ronald Reagan Boyhood Home National Historic Site, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.J.Res. 114 (107th) Authorization for Use of Military Force Against Iraq Resolution of 2002Became law
- H.R. 1403 (100th) A bill to designate the United States Post Office Building located in St. Charles, Illinois, as the "John E. Grotberg Post Office Building".Became law
- H.J.Res. 72 (102nd) To designate December 7, 1991, as "National Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day".Became law
- H.J.Res. 110 (108th) Recognizing the 60th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge during World War II.Became law
- H.R. 3392 (107th) To name the national cemetery in Saratoga, New York, as the Gerald B.H. Solomon Saratoga National Cemetery, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 1 (108th) Medicare Prescription Drug, Improvement, and Modernization Act of 2003Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hastert has won
Rep. Hastert has won 11 U.S. House elections (1986–2006). Of the contested races, margins ran from 4.7 to 53.0 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 Illinois’s 14th district done while Rep. Hastert served?
2005 to 2006 in IL-14: 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 Illinois’s 14th district during Hastert’s time representing it (1987 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. IL-14 was redrawn in 2012 and again in 2022 (the survey year the new lines first appear), but every survey year in Hastert’s term so far (2005 and 2006) uses the same lines, so they can be compared. The Census Bureau has no 2020 yearly estimate.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.