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

11 rows where party = "Whig" and state = "LA" 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
B000183 Alexander Barrow Alexander Barrow   Whig LA Senate   1841-05-31 1847-03-03 0   [] 401182       Alexander Barrow   1801-03-27 M 2 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000152 Bannon Thibodeaux Bannon Thibodeaux   Whig LA House 2 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 410734       Bannon G. Thibodeaux   1812-12-22 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000703 Charles Conrad Charles Conrad   Whig LA House 2 1842-01-01 1851-03-03 0   [] 402828       Charles Magill Conrad   1804-12-24 M 5 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000365 Edward White Edward White   Whig LA House 1 1829-12-07 1843-03-03 0   [] 411527       Edward D. White Sr.     M 8 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B001049 Henry Bullard Henry Bullard   Whig LA House 2 1831-12-05 1851-03-03 0   [] 401998       Henry A. Bullard   1788-09-09 M 11 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
J000137 Henry Johnson Henry Johnson   Whig LA Senate   1818-01-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 406036       Henry Johnson (Louisiana politician)   1783-09-14 M 6 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000903 John Moore John Moore   Whig LA House 4 1839-12-02 1853-03-03 0   [] 407875       John Moore (Louisiana politician)     M 8 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
L000055 Joseph Landry Joseph Landry   Whig LA House 2 1851-12-01 1853-03-03 0   [] 406564       Joseph Aristide Landry   1817-07-10 M 2 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
G000070 Rice Garland Rice Garland   Whig LA House 3 1833-12-02 1841-03-03 0   [] 412150       Rice Garland     M 5 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000977 Theodore Hunt Theodore Hunt   Whig LA House 2 1853-12-05 1855-03-03 0   [] 405821       Theodore G. Hunt   1805-10-23 M 2 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000363 Thomas Chinn Thomas Chinn   Whig LA House 2 1839-12-02 1841-03-03 0   [] 402502       Thomas W. Chinn   1791-11-22 M 2 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);