Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress
James J. Howard
James Howard was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1965, who sponsored 3 bills that became law (100th–100th 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.R. 3807 Local Government Infrastructure Financing Improvement Act of 1987Oct 6, 1988 · Reported to House by House Committee on Public Works and Transportation. Report No: 100-1066 (Part I).
- H.R. 4069 A bill to amend the Hazardous Materials Transportation Act to authorize appropriations for fiscal years 1988 and 1989, and for other purposes.May 25, 1988 · Subcommittee Hearings Held.
- H.J.Res. 373 A joint resolution to designate May 1988 as "National Trauma Awareness Month".Apr 26, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-296.
- H.Res. 365 A resolution providing amounts from the contingent fund of the House for expenses of investigations and studies by the Committee on Public Works and…Mar 3, 1988 · For Further Action See H.Res.388.
- H.J.Res. 402 A joint resolution to designate the week of February 7-13, 1988, as " National Child Passenger Safety Awareness Week".Feb 10, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-245.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1 (100th) Water Quality Act of 1987Became law
- H.R. 2790 (100th) Public Buildings Amendments of 1987Passed a chamber
- H.Con.Res. 183 (100th) A concurrent resolution expressing the sense of the Congress that the United States Navy should expedite the implementation of an environmentally sound trash…59 cosponsors
- H.R. 1506 (100th) Sioux Nation Black Hills Act14 cosponsors
- H.R. 355 (100th) College Athlete Education and Protection Act of 198711 cosponsors
- H.R. 3350 (100th) A bill to amend the Airport and Airway Improvement Act of 1982 for the purpose of extending the authorization of appropriations for airport and airway…9 cosponsors
- H.R. 560 (100th) Highway Safety Act of 19874 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Howard has won
Rep. Howard has won 6 U.S. House elections (1976–1986). Of the contested races, margins ran from 1.0 to 26.1 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
100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 19 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 19 | 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 |
| With a Congress.gov note | 1 | See the 1 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 100th 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.