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

8 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Democrat" and state = "NE" sorted by full_name

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  • 0 8

chamber 1

  • Senate · 8 ✖
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
N000180 Ben Nelson Ben Nelson   Democrat NE Senate   2001-01-03 2013-01-03 0 N00005329 ["S6NE00095"] 300077 01627 21744 S283 Ben Nelson Ben Nelson 1941-05-17 M 3 2013-01-03 0 594 136 3792 2275766
B001089 Edward Burke Edward Burke   Democrat NE Senate   1933-03-09 1941-01-03 0   [] 402035       Edward R. Burke   1880-11-28 M 2 1941-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
Z000013 Edward Zorinsky Edward Zorinsky   Democrat NE Senate   1976-12-28 1987-12-31 0   [] 412006 01459     Edward Zorinsky   1928-11-11 M 2 1987-12-31 0 0 77 0 0
H000645 Gilbert Hitchcock Gilbert Hitchcock   Democrat NE Senate   1903-11-09 1923-03-03 0   [] 405500       Gilbert Hitchcock   1859-09-18 M 4 1923-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
E000284 J. Exon J. Exon   Democrat NE Senate   1979-01-15 1997-01-03 0   [] 403962 01328   S129 J. James Exon   1921-08-09 M 4 1997-01-03 0 386 207 0 0
K000146 J. Kerrey J. Kerrey   Democrat NE Senate   1989-01-03 2001-01-03 0   ["S8NE00067"] 400561 01378 53318 S208 Bob Kerrey Bob Kerrey 1943-08-27 M 3 2001-01-03 0 533 70 672 2776839
H000987 Richard Hunter Richard Hunter   Democrat NE Senate   1934-01-01 1935-01-03 0   [] 405828       Richard C. Hunter   1884-12-03 M 1 1935-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000225 William Thompson William Thompson   Democrat NE Senate   1933-05-24 1935-01-03 0   [] 410804       William H. Thompson (Nebraska politician)   1853-12-14 M 1 1935-01-03 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);