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

11 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Democrat" and state = "MA" sorted by full_name

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  • Senate · 11 ✖
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
S000517 Benjamin Smith Benjamin Smith   Democrat MA Senate   1960-12-27 1963-01-03 0   [] 410001       Benjamin A. Smith II   1916-03-26 M 1 1963-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000097 David Walsh David Walsh   Democrat MA Senate   1919-05-19 1947-01-03 0   [] 411276       David I. Walsh   1872-11-11 M 5 1947-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000133 Edward Markey Edward J. Markey Ed Democrat MA Senate   1975-01-14 2027-01-03 1 N00000270 ["H6MA07101", "S4MA00028"] 400253 00735 26900 S369 Ed Markey Ed Markey 1946-07-11 M 9   0 1900 1196 12493 14910347
K000105 Edward Kennedy Edward Kennedy Ted Democrat MA Senate   1962-11-07 2009-08-25 0 N00000308 ["S6MA00015"] 300059 01377 53305 S055 Ted Kennedy   1932-02-22 M 8 2009-08-25 0 3973 1134 3552 4500
W000817 Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren   Democrat MA Senate   2013-01-03 2031-01-03 1 N00033492 ["S2MA00170"] 412542 02182 141272 S366 Elizabeth Warren Elizabeth Warren 1949-06-22 F 4   0 904 446 4823 7656779
K000148 John Kerry John F. Kerry   Democrat MA Senate   1985-01-03 2013-02-01 0 N00000245 ["S4MA00069"] 300060 01379 53306 S173 John Kerry John Kerry 1943-12-11 M 5 2013-02-01 0 2526 721 4475 374826
K000107 John Kennedy John Kennedy   Democrat MA Senate   1947-01-03 1960-12-22 0   [] 406274       John F. Kennedy John F. Kennedy (U.S. president) 1917-05-29 M 3 1960-12-22 3 0 0 0 0
C000740 Marcus Coolidge Marcus Coolidge   Democrat MA Senate   1931-12-07 1937-01-03 0   [] 402861       Marcus A. Coolidge   1865-10-06 M 2 1937-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
K000374 Paul Kirk Paul Kirk   Democrat MA Senate   2009-09-25 2010-02-04 0 N00031303 [] 412381 01972 116298 S334 Paul G. Kirk   1938-01-18 M 1 2010-02-04 0 26 0 119 0
T000393 Paul Tsongas Paul Tsongas   Democrat MA Senate   1975-01-14 1985-01-03 0   [] 410962 01170     Paul Tsongas   1941-02-14 M 2 1985-01-03 0 0 162 0 0
C001099 William Cowan William M. Cowan Mo Democrat MA Senate   2013-02-06 2013-07-16 0 N99999896 [] 412586 02189 144307 S367 Mo Cowan Mo Cowan 1969-04-04 M 1 2013-07-16 0 18 2 160 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);