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

24 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Democrat" and state = "MD" 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
A000382 Angela Alsobrooks Angela D. Alsobrooks   Democrat MD Senate   2025-01-03 2031-01-03 1 N00053033 ["S4MD00327"] 456965     S428 Angela Alsobrooks   1971-02-23 F 2   0 50 23 705 34339278
G000326 Arthur Gorman Arthur Gorman   Democrat MD Senate   1881-12-05 1907-03-03 0   [] 404684       Arthur P. Gorman   1839-03-11 M 5 1907-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000702 Barbara Mikulski Barbara A. Mikulski   Democrat MD Senate   1977-01-04 2017-01-03 0 N00001945 ["S6MD00140"] 300073 00802 53304 S182 Barbara Mikulski Barbara Mikulski 1936-07-20 F 7 2017-01-03 0 1793 404 5623 2169651
C000141 Benjamin Cardin Benjamin L. Cardin   Democrat MD Senate   1987-01-06 2025-01-03 0 N00001955 ["H6MD03177", "S6MD03177"] 400064 00174 26888 S308 Ben Cardin Ben Cardin 1943-10-05 M 7 2025-01-03 15 3753 769 8385 4872450
L000189 Blair Lee Blair Lee   Democrat MD Senate   1914-01-28 1917-03-03 0   [] 406692       Blair Lee I   1857-08-09 M 1 1917-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
G000157 Charles Gibson Charles Gibson   Democrat MD Senate   1885-12-07 1897-03-03 0   [] 404524       Charles H. Gibson   1842-01-19 M 3 1897-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
V000128 Chris Van Hollen Chris Van Hollen   Democrat MD Senate   2003-01-07 2029-01-03 1 N00013820 ["H2MD08126", "S6MD03441"] 400415 01729 6098 S390 Chris Van Hollen Chris Van Hollen 1959-01-10 M 5   7 2095 360 13682 7322942
B000813 Daniel Brewster Daniel Brewster   Democrat MD Senate   1959-01-07 1969-01-03 0   [] 401770       Daniel Brewster   1923-11-23 M 2 1969-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000577 Ephraim Wilson Ephraim Wilson   Democrat MD Senate   1873-12-01 1891-03-03 0   [] 411732       Ephraim K. Wilson II   1821-12-22 M 4 1891-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
D000242 George Dennis George Dennis   Democrat MD Senate   1873-12-01 1879-03-03 0   [] 403380       George R. Dennis   1822-04-08 M 2 1879-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000006 George Radcliffe George Radcliffe   Democrat MD Senate   1935-01-03 1947-01-03 0   [] 408989       George L. P. Radcliffe   1877-08-22 M 3 1947-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
V000095 George Vickers George Vickers   Democrat MD Senate   1868-01-01 1873-03-03 0   [] 411150       George Vickers   1801-11-19 M 1 1873-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
O000032 Herbert O’Conor Herbert O’Conor   Democrat MD Senate   1947-01-03 1953-01-03 0   [] 408280       Herbert O'Conor   1896-11-17 M 2 1953-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000086 Isidor Rayner Isidor Rayner   Democrat MD Senate   1887-12-05 1913-03-03 0   [] 409066       Isidor Rayner   1850-04-11 M 5 1913-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
G000492 James Groome James Groome   Democrat MD Senate   1879-03-18 1885-03-03 0   [] 404837       James Black Groome   1838-04-04 M 2 1885-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000161 James Pearce James Pearce   Democrat MD Senate   1835-12-07 1863-03-03 0   [] 408566       James Pearce   1805-12-14 M 5 1863-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000577 John Smith John Smith   Democrat MD Senate   1899-12-04 1921-03-03 0   [] 410058       John Walter Smith   1845-02-05 M 4 1921-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000445 Joseph Tydings Joseph Tydings   Democrat MD Senate   1965-01-04 1971-01-03 0   [] 411013       Joseph Tydings   1928-05-04 M 2 1971-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000446 Millard Tydings Millard Tydings   Democrat MD Senate   1923-12-03 1951-01-03 0   [] 411014       Millard Tydings   1890-04-06 M 5 1951-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000064 Paul Sarbanes Paul Sarbanes   Democrat MD Senate   1971-01-21 2007-01-03 0 N00001979 ["S6MD00066"] 300086 01017   S106 Paul Sarbanes   1933-02-03 M 7 2007-01-03 0 1159 213 2625 0
J000169 Reverdy Johnson Reverdy Johnson   Democrat MD Senate   1845-12-01 1869-03-03 0   [] 406066       Reverdy Johnson   1796-05-21 M 5 1869-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000972 William Bruce William Bruce   Democrat MD Senate   1923-12-03 1929-03-03 0   [] 401924       William Cabell Bruce   1860-03-12 M 2 1929-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000118 William Hamilton William Hamilton   Democrat MD Senate   1849-12-03 1875-03-03 0   [] 405000       William T. Hamilton   1820-09-08 M 5 1875-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000435 William Whyte William Whyte   Democrat MD Senate   1868-01-01 1908-03-17 0   [] 411594       William Pinkney Whyte   1824-08-09 M 7 1908-03-17 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);