Former member of Congress · last served 103rd Congress
Philip R. Sharp
Philip Sharp was a Democratic U.S. representative from Indiana, first elected to Congress in 1975, who sponsored 4 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. 5248 Comprehensive One-Call Notification Act of 1994Oct 8, 1994 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Commerce.
- H.R. 5247 To provide for extensions and modifications of certain hydro and renewable energy programs.Oct 7, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.
- H.Con.Res. 298 Providing for the printing of the book entitled "Members of the United States House of Representatives: A Historical Bibliography".Sep 27, 1994 · Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.
- H.R. 4751 To reauthorize appropriations for the weatherization program under section 422 of the Energy Conservation and Production Act.Aug 10, 1994 · Referred to Subcommittee on Renewable Energy.
- H.R. 4752 Energy Policy and Conservation Act Amendments of 1994Aug 9, 1994 · Received in the Senate and read twice and referred to the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 776 (102nd) Energy Policy Act of 1992Became law
- H.R. 1722 (101st) Natural Gas Wellhead Decontrol Act of 1989Became law
- H.R. 4808 (101st) Solar, Wind, Waste, and Geothermal Power Production Incentives Act of 1990Became law
- H.R. 2266 (100th) Pipeline Safety Reauthorization Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 1216 (101st) Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Technology Competitiveness Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- H.R. 711 (101st) State Energy Efficiency Programs Improvement Act of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 4158 (100th) National Appliance Energy Conservation Amendments of 1988Passed a chamber
- H.R. 3399 (100th) Alternative Motor Fuels Act of 1987Passed a chamber
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Sharp has won
Rep. Sharp has won 9 U.S. House elections (1976–1992). Of the contested races, margins ran from 6.4 to 24.4 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
103rd Congress. What Congress.gov lists for the 10 bills sponsored.
| Record | Bills | Source |
|---|---|---|
| Bills sponsored | 10 | 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.