Former member of Congress · last served 101st Congress
John Patrick Hiler
John Hiler was a Republican U.S. representative from Indiana, 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.J.Res. 642 Designating October 1 through 7, 1990, as "National Customer Service Week".Aug 3, 1990 · Referred to the House Committee on Post Office and Civil Service.
- H.R. 4831 American Jobs Stability Act of 1990May 16, 1990 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 3885 Relating to the treatment and disposal of solid waste, authorizing States to regulate solid waste in interstate commerce, and for other purposes.Feb 5, 1990 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.R. 3116 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to eliminate a provision that permits certain Members of Congress to use excess campaign funds for personal…Aug 4, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
- H.R. 3115 To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to provide for an aggregate limitation on certain political party contributions and coordinatedexpenditures…Aug 4, 1989 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Elections.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 248 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning August 2, 1987, as "International Special Olympics Week", and to designate August 3, 1987, as…238 cosponsors
- H.R. 3113 (101st) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase limitations applicable to contributions by multicandidate political committees to national…1 cosponsor
- H.R. 3114 (101st) To amend the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 to increase the limitation applicable to individual resident contributions in congressional elections and…1 cosponsor
- H.R. 3117 (101st) To amend title 39, United States Code, to require public disclosure of the costs of congressional mass mailings, and for other purposes.1 cosponsor
- H.Res. 226 (101st) Prohibiting use of the official expenses allowance of Members of the House of Representatives for purchase of mailing lists.1 cosponsor
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hiler has won
Rep. Hiler has won 5 U.S. House elections (1980–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 0.0 to 10.0 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.
Official records on bills this member sponsored
101st Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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 101st 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.