Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
William J. Hughes
William Hughes was a Democratic U.S. representative from New Jersey, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 14 bills that became law (100th–103rd 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. 5303 To make technical corrections in the Satellite Home Viewer Act of 1994.Nov 29, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Judiciary.
- H.R. 5186 Bureau of Prisons Community Services Projects Act of 1994Oct 11, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
- H.R. 2129 Madrid Protocol Implementation ActOct 8, 1994 · Read twice and referred to the Committee on Judiciary.
- H.R. 4307 To amend title 35, United States Code, with respect to applications for process patents.Oct 7, 1994 · Message on Senate action sent to the House.
- H.R. 4608 Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1994Oct 3, 1994 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 4445 (100th) Undetectable Firearms Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 2650 (103rd) To designate portions of the Maurice River and its tributaries in the State of New Jersey as components of the National Wild and Scenic Rivers Systems.Became law
- H.R. 3911 (100th) Major Fraud Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 4412 (102nd) To amend title 17, United States Code, relating to fair use of copyrighted works.Became law
- H.R. 2324 (102nd) Incarcerated Witness Fees Act of 1991Became law
- H.R. 2632 (103rd) Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 2840 (103rd) Copyright Royalty Tribunal Reform Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 3531 (102nd) Patent and Trademark Office Authorization Act of 1991Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Hughes has won
Rep. Hughes has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 14.4 to 76.3 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 46 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 46 | 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 103rd 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.