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

14 rows where party = "Whig" and state = "CT" 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
C000310 Charles Chapman Charles Chapman   Whig CT House 1 1851-12-01 1853-03-03 0   [] 402452       Charles Chapman (Connecticut politician)   1799-06-21 M 2 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000997 Jabez Huntington Jabez Huntington   Whig CT Senate   1829-12-07 1847-12-31 0   [] 405837       Jabez W. Huntington   1788-11-08 M 4 1847-12-31 0 0 0 0 0
B000854 John Brockway John Brockway   Whig CT House 6 1839-12-02 1843-03-03 0   [] 401811       John H. Brockway   1801-01-31 M 3 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000367 John Rockwell John Rockwell   Whig CT House 3 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 409337       John A. Rockwell   1803-08-27 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000391 Joseph Trumbull Joseph Trumbull   Whig CT House 1 1833-12-02 1843-03-03 0   [] 410960       Joseph Trumbull (governor)   1782-12-07 M 6 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000096 Roger Baldwin Roger Baldwin   Whig CT Senate   1847-12-06 1851-03-03 0   [] 401098       Roger Sherman Baldwin   1793-01-04 M 1 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000889 Samuel Hubbard Samuel Hubbard   Whig CT House 2 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 405735       Samuel Dickinson Hubbard   1799-08-10 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000428 Thaddeus Betts Thaddeus Betts   Whig CT Senate   1839-12-02 1841-03-03 0   [] 401414       Thaddeus Betts   1789-02-04 M 1 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B001191 Thomas Butler Thomas Butler   Whig CT House 4 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 402133       Thomas B. Butler   1806-08-22 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
O000114 Thomas Osborne Thomas Osborne   Whig CT House 4 1839-12-02 1843-03-03 0   [] 408370       Thomas Burr Osborne (politician)   1798-07-08 M 3 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000543 Thomas Williams Thomas Williams   Whig CT House 3 1839-12-02 1843-03-03 0   [] 411699       Thomas Wheeler Williams   1789-09-28 M 3 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000621 Truman Smith Truman Smith   Whig CT Senate   1839-12-02 1855-03-03 0   [] 410096       Truman Smith   1791-11-27 M 3 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000578 William Boardman William Boardman   Whig CT House 2 1839-12-02 1843-03-03 0   [] 401549       William W. Boardman   1794-10-10 M 3 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000977 William Storrs William Storrs   Whig CT House 2 1829-12-07 1841-03-03 0   [] 410436       William L. Storrs   1795-03-25 M 7 1841-03-03 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);