Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
H. Martin Lancaster
Martin Lancaster was a Democratic U.S. representative from North Carolina, first elected to Congress in 1987, who sponsored 1 bill 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. 4837 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade and…Sep 22, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4422.
- H.R. 4819 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade and…Jul 28, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4820.
- H.R. 4797 To authorize the Secretary of Transportation to issue a certificate of documentation with appropriate endorsement for employment in the coastwise trade for a…Jul 28, 1994 · Text of Measure Incorporated into H.R.4820.
- H.R. 4364 To direct the Secretary of Transportation to transfer administrative jurisdiction over certain lands for inclusion in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore…Jul 14, 1994 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- H.R. 4044 To require the Secretary of Agriculture to issue regulations for the purchase and eradication of swine infected with or exposed to brucellosis.Mar 18, 1994 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Livestock.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 3327 (100th) A bill to designate the Federal Building located at 324 West Market Street in Greensboro, North Carolina, as the "L. Richardson Preyer Federal Building".Became law
- H.R. 2961 (103rd) To authorize the Secretary of the Interior to construct and operate the Walter B. Jones Center for the Sounds at the Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 2649 (100th) A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to restore the prior law exclusion for scholarships and fellowships and to restore the deduction for…80 cosponsors
- H.R. 1439 (101st) Degradable Plastics Act of 198952 cosponsors
- H.R. 5193 (100th) Degradable Plastics Act of 198837 cosponsors
- H.Res. 171 (101st) Amending the Rules of the House of Representatives to create a Scholars' Gallery.36 cosponsors
- H.R. 1767 (103rd) Emergency Medical Services Enhancement Act of 199332 cosponsors
- H.R. 4625 (101st) Wage Withholding Relief for Farmers and Ranchers Act of 199024 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Lancaster has won
Rep. Lancaster has won 4 U.S. House elections (1986–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 11.2 to 28.9 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 12 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 12 | 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.