Former member of Congress · last served 104th Congress
James H. (Jimmy) Quillen
James Quillen was a Republican U.S. representative from Tennessee, first elected to Congress in 1963, who sponsored 2 bills that became law (100th–104th 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. 4057 To suspend temporarily the duty on the chemical DEMT.Sep 11, 1996 · Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.
- H.Res. 483 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3816) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1997, and…Jul 24, 1996 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 456 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3666) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for…Jun 25, 1996 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 442 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 3517) making appropriations for military construction, family housing, and base realignment and closure for the…May 30, 1996 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
- H.Res. 419 Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2149) to reduce regulation, promote efficiencies, and encourage competition in the international ocean…May 1, 1996 · Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.
Top bills sponsored
- H.J.Res. 555 (101st) To commemorate the bicentennial of the enactment of the law which provided civil government for the territory from which the State of Tennessee was formed.Became law
- H.J.Res. 190 (103rd) Designating July 17 through July 23, 1993, as "National Veterans Golden Age Games Week".Became law
- H.Res. 121 (104th) Waiving points of order against the conference report to accompany the bill (H.R. 831) to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to permanently extend the…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 136 (104th) Providing for the consideration of the bill (H.R. 655) to authorize the hydrogen research, development, and demonstration programs of the Department of…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 140 (104th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 961) to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act.Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 167 (104th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1817) making appropriations for military construction for the Department of Defense for the fiscal year ending…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 171 (104th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 1905) making appropriations for energy and water development for the fiscal year ending September 30, 1996, and…Passed a chamber
- H.Res. 201 (104th) Providing for consideration of the bill (H.R. 2099) making appropriations for the Departments of Veterans Affairs and Housing and Urban Development, and for…Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Quillen has won
Rep. Quillen has won 10 U.S. House elections (1976–1994). Of the contested races, margins ran from 16.8 to 72.4 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
104th Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 26 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 26 | 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 | 22 | See the 22 → |
Evidence
- How counted
- Bills where this member is the lead (first-listed) sponsor in the 104th 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.