Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Andrew P. Ireland
Andrew Ireland was a Republican U.S. representative from Florida, first elected to Congress in 1977.
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. 5774 For the relief of LeeAnn Bassett Helmick, Lynn Bassett Holland, and Louise Bassett Meyling.Aug 4, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5765 To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to exempt from the tax on generation-skipping transfers certain transfers to grandchildren of siblings of the…Aug 4, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.R. 5249 Gulf of Mexico Preservation Act of 1992Jun 4, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Water Resources.
- H.R. 4303 To amend title 10, United States Code, to reinstate the requirement that a competitive prototype program strategy be used in the development of a major…May 26, 1992 · Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.
- H.R. 5177 Small Business Cost Estimate Act of 1992May 14, 1992 · Referred to the House Committee on Rules.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 107 (102nd) To designate May 1991 as "Motorcycle Awareness Month".91 cosponsors
- H.R. 2283 (101st) White House Conference on Small Business Act36 cosponsors
- H.R. 2945 (101st) To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the outer continental shelf off the State of Florida.31 cosponsors
- H.R. 3777 (102nd) Gulf of Mexico Protection and Restoration Act of 199125 cosponsors
- H.Res. 101 (101st) Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives regarding implementation of the INF Treaty and more equitable defense burdensharing.24 cosponsors
- H.R. 191 (101st) Congressional Budget Reform Act of 198919 cosponsors
- H.R. 5317 (101st) To prohibit the Secretary of the Interior from issuing oil and gas leases on certain portions of the Outer Continental Shelf off the State of Florida.18 cosponsors
- H.R. 5281 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building to be constructed in Lakeland, Florida, as the "Lawton M. Chiles, Jr. Federal Building".18 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Ireland has won
Rep. Ireland has won 8 U.S. House elections (1976–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.0 to 46.9 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
102nd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 17 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 17 | 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.
Data as of Oct 26, 2026 · Sources: Congress.gov, Senate.gov, House Clerk, Appropriations Committee earmark tables. PORKER is non-partisan.