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

14 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Democrat" and state = "CT" sorted by full_name

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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
R000191 Abraham Ribicoff Abraham Ribicoff   Democrat CT Senate   1949-01-03 1981-01-03 0   [] 409167 01422     Abraham Ribicoff   1910-04-09 M 6 1981-01-03 0 0 233 0 0
L000409 Augustine Lonergan Augustine Lonergan   Democrat CT Senate   1913-04-07 1939-01-03 0   [] 406900       Augustine Lonergan   1874-05-20 M 5 1939-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000559 Brien McMahon Brien McMahon   Democrat CT Senate   1945-01-03 1953-01-03 0   [] 407551       Brien McMahon   1903-10-06 M 2 1953-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
D000388 Christopher Dodd Christopher Dodd   Democrat CT Senate   1975-01-14 2011-01-03 0 N00000581 ["S0CT00037"] 300034 00302 53277 S150 Chris Dodd Chris Dodd 1944-05-27 M 7 2011-01-03 0 3121 782 3978 855293
M001169 Christopher Murphy Christopher Murphy   Democrat CT Senate   2007-01-04 2031-01-03 1 N00027566 ["H6CT05124", "S2CT00132"] 412194 01837 17189 S364 Chris Murphy Chris Murphy (Connecticut) 1973-08-03 M 5   0 1201 326 9884 6996209
M000088 Francis Maloney Francis Maloney   Democrat CT Senate   1933-03-09 1945-12-31 0   [] 407113       Francis T. Maloney   1894-03-31 M 3 1945-12-31 0 0 0 0 0
T000319 Isaac Toucey Isaac Toucey   Democrat CT Senate   1835-12-07 1857-03-03 0   [] 410891       Isaac Toucey   1792-11-15 M 4 1857-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
E000185 James English James English   Democrat CT Senate   1861-07-04 1877-03-03 0   [] 403874       James E. English   1812-03-13 M 3 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
N000108 John Niles John Niles   Democrat CT Senate   1835-12-07 1849-03-03 0   [] 408192       John Milton Niles   1787-08-20 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000600 Perry Smith Perry Smith   Democrat CT Senate   1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 410078       Perry Smith (politician)   1783-05-12 M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B001277 Richard Blumenthal Richard Blumenthal   Democrat CT Senate   2011-01-05 2029-01-03 1 N00031685 ["S0CT00177"] 412490 02076 1568 S341 Richard Blumenthal Richard Blumenthal 1946-02-13 M 4   0 1416 665 5309 8467088
D000390 Thomas Dodd Thomas Dodd   Democrat CT Senate   1953-01-03 1971-01-03 0   [] 403505       Thomas J. Dodd   1907-05-15 M 4 1971-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000166 William Barnum William Barnum   Democrat CT Senate   1867-03-04 1879-03-03 0   [] 401168       William Barnum   1818-09-17 M 3 1879-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000399 William Benton William Benton   Democrat CT Senate   1949-12-17 1953-01-03 0   [] 401390       William Benton (politician)   1900-04-01 M 1 1953-01-03 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);