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

9 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Republican" and state = "LA" sorted by full_name

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  • Senate · 9 ✖
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
M000056 Allan Magruder Allan Magruder   Republican LA Senate   1812-01-01 1813-03-03 0   [] 407084       Allan B. Magruder     M 1 1813-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C001075 Bill Cassidy Bill Cassidy   Republican LA Senate   2009-01-06 2027-01-03 1 N00030245 ["H8LA00017", "S4LA00107"] 412269 01925 69494 S373 Bill Cassidy Bill Cassidy 1957-09-28 M 4   215 800 489 8630 25398324
V000127 David Vitter David Vitter   Republican LA Senate   1999-06-08 2017-01-03 0 N00009659 ["S4LA00057", "H0LA01079"] 400418 01609 4615 S299 David Vitter David Vitter 1961-05-03 M 4 2017-01-03 0 1354 598 4863 3325243
F000389 Eligius Fromentin Eligius Fromentin   Republican LA Senate   1813-05-24 1819-03-03 0   [] 412126       Eligius Fromentin     M 2 1819-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000921 James Brown James Brown   Republican LA Senate   1813-05-24 1823-12-31 0   [] 401876       James Brown (Louisiana politician)   1766-09-11 M 2 1823-12-31 0 0 0 0 0
H000246 John Harris John Harris   Republican LA Senate   1868-01-01 1871-03-03 0   [] 405124       John S. Harris   1825-12-18 M 1 1871-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
K000393 John Kennedy John Kennedy   Republican LA Senate   2017-01-03 2029-01-03 1 N00026823 ["S4LA00065"] 412679   35496 S389 John Kennedy (Louisiana politician) John Neely Kennedy 1951-11-21 M 3   0 719 326 3664 4869509
W000303 Joseph West Joseph West   Republican LA Senate   1871-03-04 1877-03-03 0   [] 411467       J. R. West   1822-09-19 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000450 Thomas Posey Thomas Posey   Republican LA Senate   1812-01-01 1813-12-31 0   [] 408838       Thomas Posey   1750-07-09 M 1 1813-12-31 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);