Former member of Congress · last served 100th Congress

Bill Nichols

DEMOCRAT U.S. Representative · AlabamaHouse 1967–1989 (AL-4, AL-3)

Bill Nichols was a Democratic U.S. representative from Alabama, first elected to Congress in 1967, who sponsored 1 bill that became law (100th–100th Congress).

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2Bills & resolutions sponsored100th–100th Congress (excludes amendments)

1Passed a chamberof 2 bills & resolutions sponsored

1Became law1 substantive + 0 ceremonial · 100th–100th 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. 3869 A bill to amend the Act providing for the establishment of the Tuskegee University National Historic Site, Alabama, to authorize an exchange of properties…
Jun 17, 1988 · Became Public Law No: 100-337.
H.R. 4241 A bill entitled, "Navy Dead Eye Reductions Act".
Mar 25, 1988 · Referred to Subcommittee on Seapower and Strategic and Critical Materials.

Elections Rep. Nichols has won

Rep. Nichols has won 7 U.S. House elections (1976–1988). Of the contested races, margins ran from 61.1 to 97.9 points.

Democratic winRepublican winseat changed partyunopposed

Elections won7 in the data (1976–2024); losses are not listed

Closest win: 61.1 points1986, AL-3

Won an open seat or took one from the other party0 of 7 elections (open seat or changed party)

Seat history, Alabama’s 3rd districtWinners, most recent three: John Browder (D) 1990–1994 → Bob Riley (R) 1996–2000 → Mike Rogers (R) 2002–2024. 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

100th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 2 bills sponsored.

Record	Bills	Source
Bills sponsored	2	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 100th 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.