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

12 rows where chamber = "Senate", party = "Republican" and state = "SC" 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
S000086 Frederick Sawyer Frederick Sawyer   Republican SC Senate   1868-01-01 1873-03-03 0   [] 409598       Frederick A. Sawyer   1822-12-12 M 1 1873-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000254 J. Thurmond J. Thurmond   Republican SC Senate   1954-12-24 2003-01-03 0   ["S8SC00019"] 300157 01448   S096 Strom Thurmond   1902-12-05 M 9 2003-01-03 0 1070 1078 1305 0
D000595 Jim DeMint Jim DeMint   Republican SC Senate   1999-01-06 2013-01-01 0 N00002472 ["S4SC00083"] 400105 01605 25026 S302 Jim DeMint Jim DeMint 1951-09-02 M 3 2013-01-01 0 1006 214 3704 1376730
C000627 John Colhoun John Colhoun   Republican SC Senate   1801-12-07 1803-03-03 0   [] 402756       John E. Colhoun     M 1 1803-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000982 John Hunter John Hunter   Republican SC Senate   1793-12-02 1799-03-03 0   [] 412128       John Hunter (South Carolina politician)     M 2 1799-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000123 John Patterson John Patterson   Republican SC Senate   1873-12-01 1879-03-03 0   [] 408531       John J. Patterson   1830-08-08 M 2 1879-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000085 John Taylor John Taylor   Republican SC Senate   1807-10-26 1816-11-15 0   [] 410669       John Taylor (South Carolina governor)   1770-05-04 M 2 1816-11-15 0 0 0 0 0
G000359 Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham   Republican SC Senate   1995-01-04 2027-01-03 1 N00009975 ["S0SC00149", "H4SC03087"] 300047 00452 21992 S293 Lindsey Graham Lindsey Graham 1955-07-09 M 6   19 1191 425 7982 29283180
B001186 Pierce Butler Pierce Butler   Republican SC Senate   1789-03-04 1805-03-03 0   [] 402128       Pierce Butler (American politician)   1744-07-11 M 3 1805-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000327 Thomas Robertson Thomas Robertson   Republican SC Senate   1868-01-01 1877-03-03 0   [] 409298       Thomas J. Robertson   1823-08-03 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S001073 Thomas Sumter Thomas Sumter   Republican SC Senate   1789-03-04 1810-12-16 0   [] 410527       Thomas Sumter   1734-08-14 M 4 1810-12-16 0 0 0 0 0
S001184 Tim Scott Tim Scott   Republican SC Senate   2011-01-05 2029-01-03 1 N00031782 ["H0SC01279", "S4SC00240"] 412471 02056 11940 S365 Tim Scott Tim Scott 1965-09-19 M 4   0 444 299 6428 15514281

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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);