Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
William H. Natcher
William Natcher was a Democratic U.S. representative from Kentucky, first elected to Congress in 1953, 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. 3759 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1994Feb 12, 1994 · Became Public Law No: 103-211.
- H.R. 3735 Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Disaster Assistance Because of the Los Angeles Earthquake Act of 1994Jan 26, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- H.R. 3511 Fiscal Year 1994 Rescission ActNov 16, 1993 · Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 203.
- H.J.Res. 288 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.Nov 9, 1993 · Referred to the House Committee on Appropriations.
- H.J.Res. 283 Making further continuing appropriations for the fiscal year 1994, and for other purposes.Oct 29, 1993 · Became Public Law No: 103-128.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 1335 (103rd) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 2118 (103rd) Supplemental Appropriations Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 2518 (103rd) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1994Became law
- H.R. 2667 (103rd) Emergency Supplemental Appropriations for Relief From the Major, Widespread Flooding in the Midwest Act of 1993Became law
- H.R. 5677 (102nd) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1993Became law
- H.R. 3566 (101st) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1990Became law
- H.R. 5257 (101st) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1991Became law
- H.R. 4783 (100th) Departments of Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 1989Became law
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Natcher has won
Rep. Natcher has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 20.7 to 47.7 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 13 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 13 | 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.