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

26 rows where party = "Independent" sorted by full_name

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is_current 2

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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
C000075 Alexander Campbell Alexander Campbell   Independent IL House 7 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 402233       Alexander Campbell (Illinois politician)   1814-10-04 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
K000383 Angus King Angus S. King, Jr.   Independent ME Senate   2013-01-03 2031-01-03 1 N00034580 ["S2ME00109"] 412545 02185 22381 S363 Angus King Angus King 1944-03-31 M 4   116 665 231 4823 9000844
S000033 Bernard Sanders Bernard Sanders Bernie Independent VT Senate   1991-01-03 2031-01-03 1 N00000528 ["H8VT01016", "S4VT00033"] 400357 01010 27110 S313 Bernie Sanders Bernie Sanders 1941-09-08 M 7   0 2569 427 9090 2437587
L000540 Caleb Lyon Caleb Lyon   Independent NY House 23 1853-12-05 1855-03-03 0   [] 407024       Caleb Lyon   1822-12-07 M 2 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000219 Coles Bashford Coles Bashford   Independent AZ House 0 1867-03-04 1869-03-03 0   [] 401216       Coles Bashford   1816-01-24 M 2 1869-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
D000097 David Davis David Davis   Independent IL Senate   1877-10-15 1883-03-03 0   [] 403233       David Davis (Supreme Court justice) David Davis (U.S. Supreme Court) 1815-03-09 M 2 1883-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B001237 Dean Barkley Dean Barkley   Independent MN Senate   2002-11-05 2003-01-03 0   [] 401147 01690   S285 Dean Barkley Dean Barkley 1950-08-31 M 1 2003-01-03 0 3 0 14 0
N000139 George Norris George Norris   Independent NE Senate   1903-11-09 1943-01-03 0   [] 408223       George W. Norris   1861-07-11 M 7 1943-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000760 George Wright George Wright   Independent CA House -1 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 411909       George W. Wright   1816-06-04 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B001209 Harry Byrd Harry Byrd   Independent VA Senate   1965-11-12 1983-01-03 0   [] 402149 01300     Harry F. Byrd Jr.   1914-12-20 M 4 1983-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000100 Henry Reams Henry Reams   Independent OH House 9 1951-01-03 1955-01-03 0   [] 409080       Frazier Reams   1897-01-15 M 3 1955-01-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000272 James Chalmers James Chalmers   Independent MS House 2 1877-10-15 1885-03-03 0   [] 402415       James Ronald Chalmers   1831-01-12 M 5 1885-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
J000072 James Jeffords James Jeffords Jim Independent VT Senate   1975-01-14 2007-01-03 0 N00000534 ["H6VT00053", "S8VT00018"] 300057 00593   S204 Jim Jeffords   1934-05-11 M 6 2007-01-03 0 1841 44 2625 0
M001183 Joe Manchin Joe Manchin, III   Independent WV Senate   2010-11-15 2025-01-03 0 N00032838 ["S0WV00090"] 412391 01983 7547 S338 Joe Manchin Joe Manchin III 1947-08-24 M 3 2025-01-03 13 816 274 4655 32046302
N000091 John Nichols John Nichols   Independent NC House 4 1887-12-05 1889-03-03 0   [] 408176       John Nichols (politician)   1834-11-14 M 2 1889-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000571 John Smith John Smith   Independent NY House 3 1881-12-05 1883-03-03 0   [] 410053       J. Hyatt Smith   1824-04-10 M 2 1883-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
L000304 Joseph Lieberman Joseph I. Lieberman   Independent CT Senate   1989-01-03 2013-01-03 0 N00000616 ["S8CT00022"] 300067 01385 53278 S210 Joe Lieberman Joe Lieberman (Connecticut) 1942-02-24 M 5 2013-01-03 5 1978 237 4464 165300
S000225 Julius Seelye Julius Seelye   Independent MA House 10 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 409730       Julius Hawley Seelye   1824-09-14 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S001191 Kyrsten Sinema Kyrsten Sinema   Independent AZ Senate   2013-01-03 2025-01-03 0 N00033983 ["H2AZ09019", "S8AZ00197"] 412509 02099 28338 S403 Kyrsten Sinema Kyrsten Sinema 1976-07-12 F 3 2025-01-03 11 286 141 6098 48931882
M001201 Paul Mitchell Paul Mitchell   Independent MI House 10 2017-01-03 2021-01-03 0 N00036274 ["H4MI04118"] 412710   152464   Paul Mitchell (politician)   1961-05-08 M 3 2021-01-03 26 135 20 2161 805784
B000383 Thomas Bennett Thomas Bennett   Independent ID House -1 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 401374       Thomas W. Bennett (territorial governor)   1831-02-16 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000042 Thomas Cale Thomas Cale   Independent AK House 0 1907-12-02 1909-03-03 0   [] 402203       Thomas Cale   1848-09-17 M 2 1909-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
O000021 Thomas Ochiltree Thomas Ochiltree   Independent TX House 7 1883-12-03 1885-03-03 0   [] 408319       Thomas P. Ochiltree   1837-10-26 M 2 1885-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
F000351 Victor Frazer Victor Frazer   Independent VI House 0 1995-01-04 1997-01-03 0   [] 404298 00412     Victor O. Frazer   1943-05-24 M 2 1997-01-03 0 23 0 0 0
A000236 William Anderson William Anderson   Independent IL House 19 1875-12-06 1877-03-03 0   [] 400864       William B. Anderson   1830-04-02 M 2 1877-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
K000127 William Kent William Kent   Independent CA House 1 1911-04-04 1917-03-03 0   [] 406293       William Kent (American politician)   1864-03-29 M 4 1917-03-03 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);