congress_members

All current and historical members of Congress (12,700+) from the congress-legislators project. Includes bioguide_id (universal key), party, state, chamber, and cross-reference IDs for OpenSecrets, FEC, GovTrack, and more.

Data license: Public Domain (U.S. Government data) · Data source: Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API

16 rows where chamber = "House" and party = "Independent" sorted by full_name

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state 13

party 1

  • Independent · 16 ✖

is_current 1

  • 0 16

chamber 1

  • House · 16 ✖
bioguide_id first_name last_name full_name ▼ nickname party state chamber district first_served last_served is_current opensecrets_id fec_ids govtrack_id thomas_id votesmart_id lis_id wikipedia_id ballotpedia_id birthday gender terms_count served_until trade_count speech_count bills_sponsored vote_count fec_total_received
C000075 Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell   Independent IL House 7 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 402233       Alexander Campbell (Illinois politician)   1814-10-04 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
L000540 Caleb Lyon Caleb Lyon   Independent NY House 23 1853-12-05 1855-03-03 0   [] 407024       Caleb Lyon   1822-12-07 M 2 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000219 Coles Bashford Coles Bashford   Independent AZ House 0 1867-03-04 1869-03-03 0   [] 401216       Coles Bashford   1816-01-24 M 2 1869-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000760 George Wright George Wright   Independent CA House -1 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 411909       George W. Wright   1816-06-04 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000100 Henry Reams Henry Reams   Independent OH House 9 1951-01-03 1955-01-03 0   [] 409080       Frazier Reams   1897-01-15 M 3 1955-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000272 James Chalmers James Chalmers   Independent MS House 2 1877-10-15 1885-03-03 0   [] 402415       James Ronald Chalmers   1831-01-12 M 5 1885-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
N000091 John Nichols John Nichols   Independent NC House 4 1887-12-05 1889-03-03 0   [] 408176       John Nichols (politician)   1834-11-14 M 2 1889-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000571 John Smith John Smith   Independent NY House 3 1881-12-05 1883-03-03 0   [] 410053       J. Hyatt Smith   1824-04-10 M 2 1883-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000225 Julius Seelye Julius Seelye   Independent MA House 10 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 409730       Julius Hawley Seelye   1824-09-14 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M001201 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell   Independent MI House 10 2017-01-03 2021-01-03 0 N00036274 ["H4MI04118"] 412710   152464   Paul Mitchell (politician)   1961-05-08 M 3 2021-01-03 5 135 20 2161 805784
B000383 Thomas Bennett Thomas Bennett   Independent ID House -1 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 401374       Thomas W. Bennett (territorial governor)   1831-02-16 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000042 Thomas Cale Thomas Cale   Independent AK House 0 1907-12-02 1909-03-03 0   [] 402203       Thomas Cale   1848-09-17 M 2 1909-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
O000021 Thomas Ochiltree Thomas Ochiltree   Independent TX House 7 1883-12-03 1885-03-03 0   [] 408319       Thomas P. Ochiltree   1837-10-26 M 2 1885-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
F000351 Victor Frazer Victor Frazer   Independent VI House 0 1995-01-04 1997-01-03 0   [] 404298 00412     Victor O. Frazer   1943-05-24 M 2 1997-01-03 0 23 0 0 0
A000236 William Anderson William Anderson   Independent IL House 19 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 400864       William B. Anderson   1830-04-02 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
K000127 William Kent William Kent   Independent CA House 1 1911-04-04 1917-03-03 0   [] 406293       William Kent (American politician)   1864-03-29 M 4 1917-03-03 0 0 0 0 0

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CREATE TABLE congress_members (
    bioguide_id TEXT PRIMARY KEY,
    first_name TEXT,
    last_name TEXT,
    full_name TEXT,
    nickname TEXT,
    party TEXT,
    state TEXT,
    chamber TEXT,
    district INTEGER,
    first_served TEXT,
    last_served TEXT,
    is_current INTEGER,
    opensecrets_id TEXT,
    fec_ids TEXT,
    govtrack_id INTEGER,
    thomas_id TEXT,
    votesmart_id INTEGER,
    lis_id TEXT,
    wikipedia_id TEXT,
    ballotpedia_id TEXT,
    birthday TEXT,
    gender TEXT,
    terms_count INTEGER,
    served_until TEXT
, trade_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0, speech_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0, bills_sponsored INTEGER DEFAULT 0, vote_count INTEGER DEFAULT 0, fec_total_received INTEGER DEFAULT 0);
CREATE INDEX idx_cm_name ON congress_members(last_name, first_name);
CREATE INDEX idx_cm_party ON congress_members(party);
CREATE INDEX idx_cm_state ON congress_members(state);
CREATE INDEX idx_cm_chamber ON congress_members(chamber);
CREATE INDEX idx_cm_current ON congress_members(is_current);
CREATE INDEX idx_cm_current_trades ON congress_members(is_current DESC, trade_count DESC);