Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress

Thomas J. (Jerry) Huckaby

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · LouisianaHouse 1977–1993 (LA-5)

Jerry Huckaby was a Democratic U.S. representative from Louisiana, first elected to Congress in 1977, who sponsored 4 bills that became law (100th–102nd Congress).

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40Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–102nd Congress (excludes amendments)

8Passed a chamberof 40 bills & resolutions sponsored

4Became law4 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–102nd Congress

—Broke with partyNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Missed votesNo roll calls in PORKER’s records (they start in 2011)

—Pork: own shareFY2024 earmarks: not in office

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. 5763 To provide equitable relief to producers of sugarcane subject to proportionate shares.
Oct 27, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-535.
H.R. 5852 To establish a 20 percent maximum broken kernel content limit for P.L. 480 rice shipments.
Sep 14, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on International Economic Policy and Trade.
H.R. 5764 To amend the United States Warehouse Act to provide for the use of electronic cotton warehouse receipts.
Aug 27, 1992 · Referred to Subcommittee on Agricultural Research, Gen. Leg.
H.R. 5719 To designate the lock numbered 5 on the Red River Waterway in Louisiana as the "Joe D. Waggonner, Jr. Lock".
Aug 13, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
H.J.Res. 526 Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States providing for direct popular election of the President and the Vice President.
Jul 14, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Economic and Commercial Law.

Top bills sponsored

H.R. 4556 (100th) A bill to amend the provisions of the Agricultural Act of 1949 relating to certain cross compliance requirements under the extra long staple cotton program.
Became law
H.R. 775 (100th) Poverty Point National Monument Act
Became law
H.R. 2971 (100th) Uniform Cotton Classing Fees Act of 1987
Became law
H.R. 4615 (100th) Upland Cotton Optional Acreage Diversion Program Act of 1988
Passed a chamber
H.R. 1570 (100th) Nuclear Power Emergency Response Data System Act of 1988
Passed a chamber
H.Res. 525 (101st) Designating the room numbered H-235 in the House of Representatives wing of the Capitol as the "Lindy Claiborne Boggs Congressional Women's Reading Room".
Passed a chamber
H.R. 3487 (100th) Farm Program Payments Integrity Act of 1987
Reported from committee
H.R. 1622 (100th) Cotton Research and Promotion Program Act of 1987
Reported from committee

Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.

Elections Rep. Huckaby has won

Rep. Huckaby has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 5.1 to 77.7 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won8 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 5.1 points1976, LA-5

Won an open seat or took one from the other party1 of 8 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Louisiana’s 5th districtWinners, most recent three: Rodney Alexander (D) 2002–2012 → Ralph Lee Abraham (R) 2014–2018 → Julia Letlow (R) 2020–2024. Elections shown, not terms; special elections not included.

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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 15 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	15	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.

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Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.