Former U.S. Representative

Sonny CallahanNo longer serving

District AL‑1 Party Republican In office 1985–2003

Fact sheet

Cosponsored

113

Signed on to someone else's bill

Recorded votes

5,756

Roll calls tied to a bill, nominations aside

Their work

Drawn from the 8 bills this member introduced: the subjects the record assigns them, and the members who most often sign on.

Subjects

Foreign Trade and International Finance 7
Chemicals 5
Tariff 5
Armed Forces and National Security 3
Congress 3
Congressional reporting requirements 3
Agriculture and Food 2
Appalachia 2

Bills carry several subjects each, so these add up to more than 8.

Biography

A Representative from Alabama. Born in Mobile, Mobile County, Ala. , September 11, 1932. Graduated from McGill Institute High School, Mobile, Ala. , 1950. Attended the University of Alabama, Mobile, Ala. , 1959-1960. United States Navy, 1952-1954. Businessman. Member of the Alabama state house of representatives, 1971-1979. Member of the Alabama state senate, 1979-1983. Unsuccessful candidate for the Democratic nomination for lieutenant governor in 1982. Elected as a Republican to the Ninety-ninth and to the eight succeeding Congresses (January 3, 1985-January 3, 2003). Not a candidate for reelection to the One Hundred Eighth Congress in 2002. Died on June 25, 2021.

Votes

How this member answered on every recorded vote tied to a bill, newest first — including the procedural motions on it, such as cloture. Votes on nominations are not listed, because they are not attached to a bill.

Bill	Question	Voted	Date
HR 333	agree to senate amendment with an amendment	Not Voting	Nov 15, 2002
HR 4628	On Agreeing to the Conference Report	Not Voting	Nov 15, 2002
HR 5708	On Passage	Not Voting	Nov 14, 2002
HR 5708	On Motion to Recommit with Instructions	Not Voting	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 609	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Not Voting	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 609	On Ordering the Previous Question	Not Voting	Nov 14, 2002
HRES 606	On Agreeing to the Resolution	Not Voting	Nov 14, 2002
HR 5710	On Passage	Yea	Nov 13, 2002

Sponsored bills

Bills and resolutions this member introduced.

Bill	Title	Status	Latest action
HR 5431	Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2003	Placed on the Union Calendar, Calendar No. 423.	Sep 24, 2002
HR 2651	To extend the temporary suspension of the duty on 4-[[4,6-Bis(octylthio)-1,3,5-triazin-2-yl]amino]-2,6-bis(1,1 dimethylethyl)phenol.	Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H2651)	May 20, 2002
HR 4695	To direct the Secretary of the Interior to study the suitability and feasibility of designating Fort Gaines and Fort Morgan in Alabama as units of the National Park System, and for other purposes.	Executive Comment Requested from Interior.	May 14, 2002
HR 3999	To suspend temporarily the duty on 5-Chloro-1-indanone.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Mar 19, 2002
HR 3998	To suspend temporarily the duty on ethyl pyruvate.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Mar 19, 2002
HR 2311	Energy and Water Development Appropriations Act, 2002	Became Public Law No: 107-66.	Nov 12, 2001
HR 2652	To extend the temporary suspension of the duty on Calcium bis[monoethyl(3,5-di-tert-butyl-4-hydroxybenzyl) phosphonate].	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Jul 31, 2001
HR 2650	To extend the temporary suspension of the duty on 2-Methyl-4,6-bis[(octylthio) methyl]phenol.	Referred to the Subcommittee on Trade.	Jul 31, 2001

Cosponsored bills

Bills introduced by others that this member signed on to.

Bill	Title	Status	Signed on
HR 3849	To designate the facility of the United States Postal Service located at 306 Pickens Street in Marion, Alabama, as the "Jimmie Lee Jackson Post Office Building".	Referred to the House Committee on Government Reform.	Jun 12, 2002
HR 4019	To provide that the marriage penalty relief provisions of the Economic Growth and Tax Relief Reconciliation Act of 2001 shall be permanent.	Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Finance.	Jun 11, 2002
HJRES 96	Proposing a tax limitation amendment to the Constitution of the United States.	Motion to reconsider laid on the table Agreed to without objection.	Jun 6, 2002
HR 4483	Syria Accountability Act of 2002	Subcommittee Hearings Held.	Jun 4, 2002
HR 1935	Korea Defense Service Medal Act	Unfavorable Executive Comment Received from DOD.	May 21, 2002
HR 4608	To name the Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center in Wichita, Kansas, as the 'Robert J. Dole Department of Veterans Affairs Medical and Regional Office Center'.	Became Public Law No: 107-184.	May 9, 2002
HR 4260	To suspend temporarily the duty on 1,2 Cyclohexanedione.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	May 1, 2002
HR 4498	To reduce temporarily the duty on R118118 Salt.	Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means.	Apr 30, 2002

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Party, state and chamber are those of this member's most recent term. Bills and cosponsorships are held from the 107th Congress onwards and recorded votes from the 101st, so a member who served before those points will show fewer than they filed, or none. Committee seats are held for the current Congress only, which is why they are shown for sitting members and left out for everyone else rather than reported as zero. Vote counts cover roll calls tied to a bill; the chambers also vote on procedure and nominations, which are not listed here. Office, telephone and website are not shown for a member who has left, because the ones on file were theirs while serving. Records come from Congress.gov and the Biographical Directory of Congress.