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

10 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Democrat" and state = "RI" sorted by full_name

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  • Senate · 10 ✖
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
J000046 Charles James Charles James   Democrat RI Senate   1851-12-01 1857-03-03 0   [] 405951       Charles Tillinghast James   1805-09-15 M 2 1857-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000193 Claiborne Pell Claiborne Pell   Democrat RI Senate   1961-01-03 1997-01-03 0   [] 408597 01417   S078 Claiborne Pell   1918-11-22 M 7 1997-01-03 0 477 628 0 0
L000173 Edward Leahy Edward Leahy   Democrat RI Senate   1949-08-24 1950-12-18 0   [] 406676       Edward L. Leahy   1886-02-09 M 1 1950-12-18 0 0 0 0 0
R000122 John Reed Jack Reed Jack Democrat RI Senate   1991-01-03 2027-01-03 1 N00000362 ["S6RI00163", "H0RI02071"] 300081 00949 27060 S259 Jack Reed (Rhode Island politician) Jack Reed 1949-11-12 M 7   0 3395 552 9287 4757051
M000456 James McGrath James McGrath   Democrat RI Senate   1947-01-03 1949-08-23 0   [] 407455       J. Howard McGrath   1903-11-28 M 1 1949-08-23 0 0 0 0 0
P000100 John Pastore John Pastore   Democrat RI Senate   1950-12-19 1976-12-28 0   [] 408508 01415     John Pastore   1907-03-17 M 5 1976-12-28 0 0 79 0 0
G000141 Peter Gerry Peter Gerry   Democrat RI Senate   1913-04-07 1947-01-03 0   [] 404510       Peter G. Gerry   1879-09-18 M 6 1947-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000141 Philip Allen Philip Allen   Democrat RI Senate   1853-12-05 1859-03-03 0   [] 400797       Philip Allen (Rhode Island politician)   1785-09-01 M 2 1859-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000802 Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse   Democrat RI Senate   2007-01-04 2031-01-03 1 N00027533 ["S6RI00221"] 412247 01823 2572 S316 Sheldon Whitehouse Sheldon Whitehouse 1955-10-20 M 5   1010 2396 470 6662 4294894
G000418 Theodore Green Theodore Green   Democrat RI Senate   1937-01-05 1961-01-03 0   [] 404766       Theodore F. Green   1867-10-02 M 5 1961-01-03 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);