Former member of Congress · last served 102nd Congress
Harley O. Staggers Jr.
Harley Staggers was a Democratic U.S. representative from West Virginia, first elected to Congress in 1983, who sponsored 5 bills that became law (100th–102nd 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. 5400 Homeless Veterans Comprehensive Service Programs Act of 1992Nov 10, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-590.
- H.R. 939 Veterans Home Loan Program Amendments of 1992Oct 28, 1992 · Became Public Law No: 102-547.
- H.R. 3716 To prohibit certain use of the terms "Visiting Nurse Association", "Visiting Nurse Service", "VNA", and "VNS".Mar 18, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Intellectual Property and Judicial Administration.
- H.R. 4348 Waste Management Act of 1992Mar 13, 1992 · Referred to the Subcommittee on Transportation and Hazardous Materials.
- H.Con.Res. 164 Expressing the sense of Congress concerning the needs of rural areas under the national highway program.Dec 18, 1991 · See H.R.2950.
Top bills sponsored
- H.R. 2884 (100th) Uniform Regulatory Jurisdiction Act of 1988Became law
- H.R. 232 (102nd) To amend title 38, United States Code, with respect to veterans programs for housing and memorial affairs, and for other purposes.Became law
- H.R. 5433 (101st) To direct the Secretary of Agriculture to release on behalf of the United States a condition in a deed conveying certain lands to the Conservation Commission…Became law
- H.R. 1415 (101st) Veterans' Home Loan Mortgage Indemnity Act of 1989Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1414 (101st) To provide for the appointment of enlisted members of the Armed Forces to the American Battle Monuments Commission.Passed a chamber
- H.R. 5002 (101st) Veterans' Housing and Homeless Amendments of 1990Passed a chamber
- H.R. 1576 (101st) To modify the boundary of the Cranberry Wilderness, located in the Monongahela National Forest, West Virginia.Passed a chamber
- H.J.Res. 114 (100th) A joint resolution to designate the week beginning August 2, 1987, as "National Podiatric Medicine Week".229 cosponsors
Laws first, then bills that passed a chamber, were reported from committee, or drew the most cosponsors.
Elections Rep. Staggers has won
Rep. Staggers has won 5 U.S. House elections (1982–1990). Of the contested races, margins ran from 10.9 to 38.9 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
102nd 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 102nd 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.