Former member of Congress · last served 107th Congress
Earl F. Hilliard
Earl Hilliard was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1993.
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. 3850 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 1313 Alabama Avenue in Selma, Alabama, as the "Reverend James Joseph Reeb Post Office…Mar 5, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 3849 To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 Pickens Street in Marion, Alabama, as the "Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office…Mar 5, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.
- H.R. 3646 To amend the Small Business Act to increase the maximum amount for which a loan can be made under the Microloan Program.Jan 29, 2002 · Referred to the House Committee on Small Business.
- H.R. 3247 American Renewed Diplomacy Act of 2001Nov 7, 2001 · Referred to the House Committee on International Relations.
- H.R. 2687 Voter Registration Protection Act of 2001Aug 13, 2001 · Referred to the Subcommittee on the Civil Service and Agency Organization.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3557 (104th) Marion National Fish Hatchery Conveyance ActPassed a chamber
- H.Res. 285 (104th) To recognize and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Montgomery Bus Boycott.61 cosponsors
- H.Res. 487 (104th) Recognizing Brown Chapel African Methodist Episcopal Church in Selma, Alabama, as a symbol of the struggle for and achievement of voting rights for…32 cosponsors
- H.R. 3901 (103rd) Southern Rural Development Commission Act26 cosponsors
- H.R. 1558 (107th) Voter Registration Protection Act of 200118 cosponsors
- H.Con.Res. 259 (103rd) Expressing the sense of the United States Congress that the Citizen's Stamp Advisory Committee of the United States Postal Service should recommend to the…13 cosponsors
- H.R. 4096 (103rd) To ensure that certain unresolved commercial disputes between American firms and Saudi Arabia are resolved satisfactorily.12 cosponsors
- H.R. 1559 (107th) National Voter Anti-Intimidation and Anti-Fraud Election Act of 200111 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hilliard has won
Rep. Hilliard has won 5 U.S. House elections (1992–2000). Of the contested races, margins ran from 44.0 to 53.8 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
107th 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 107th 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.