Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Charles Hatcher
Charles Hatcher was a Democratic U.S. representative from Georgia, first elected to Congress in 1981.
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. 4819 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on Triphenylmethyl chloride, Imidazole Intermediate, 1,3-Dihydroxyacetone, N-Chlorosuccinimide, Losartan (active)…Jul 31, 1992 · Executive Comment Received from ITC.
- H.R. 5439 Food Stamp Quality Control System Amendments of 1992Jun 23, 1992 · Executive Comment Requested from USDA.
- H.R. 1869 To suspend temporarily the duty on fluometuron and IBTF.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
- H.R. 1868 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on metmercazole.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
- H.R. 1867 To suspend until January 1, 1995, the duty on TAC.Feb 26, 1992 · See H.R.4318.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3664 (101st) Omnibus Agricultural Commodity Promotion and Research Act of 1990Reported from committee
- H.Con.Res. 156 (101st) Expressing the sense of the Congress that the existing authority to issue tax-exempt small issue bonds should be extended 1 year.125 cosponsors
- H.R. 3850 (102nd) Federal-State Pesticide Regulation Partnership Act of 199196 cosponsors
- H.R. 4275 (100th) A bill to amend the Revenue Act of 1987 to delay until October 1, 1988, the imposition of the tax on diesel and aviation fuels at the wholesale level.73 cosponsors
- H.R. 2569 (100th) Pesticide Price Competition Act29 cosponsors
- H.R. 3387 (101st) Pecan Promotion and Research Act of 198926 cosponsors
- H.R. 4409 (100th) Small Business Rural Economic Development Act of 198818 cosponsors
- H.R. 2038 (101st) To direct the Secretary of the Army to release a reversionary interest in certain land in Clay County, Georgia.8 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hatcher has won
Rep. Hatcher has won 6 U.S. House elections (1980–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 23.4 to 47.2 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 8 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 8 | 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 102nd 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.