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

18 rows where party = "Whig" and state = "NJ" sorted by full_name

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chamber 2

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party 1

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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
H000381 Andrew Hay Andrew Hay   Whig NJ House 1 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 405249       Andrew K. Hay   1809-01-19 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000993 Charles Stratton Charles Stratton   Whig NJ House -1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 410451       Charles C. Stratton   1796-03-06 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
G000446 Dudley Gregory Dudley Gregory   Whig NJ House 5 1847-12-06 1849-03-03 0   [] 404792       Dudley S. Gregory   1800-02-05 M 2 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000920 George Brown George Brown   Whig NJ House 4 1851-12-01 1853-03-03 0   [] 401875       George Houston Brown   1810-02-12 M 2 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000731 Jacob Miller Jacob Miller   Whig NJ Senate   1841-05-31 1853-03-03 0   [] 407710       Jacob W. Miller   1800-08-29 M 3 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000138 James Hampton James Hampton   Whig NJ House 1 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 405020       James G. Hampton   1814-06-13 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
K000203 James King James King   Whig NJ House 5 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 406364       James G. King   1791-05-08 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000350 John Aycrigg John Aycrigg   Whig NJ House -1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 401001       John Bancker Aycrigg   1798-07-09 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000268 John Maxwell John Maxwell   Whig NJ House -1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 407286       John Patterson Bryan Maxwell   1804-09-03 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000509 John Runk John Runk   Whig NJ House 3 1845-12-01 1847-03-03 0   [] 409468       John Runk   1791-07-03 M 2 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
V000035 John Van Dyke John Van Dyke   Whig NJ House 4 1847-12-06 1851-03-03 0   [] 411080       John Van Dyke (politician)   1807-04-03 M 3 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000048 Joseph Randolph Joseph Randolph   Whig NJ House -1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 409029       Joseph Fitz Randolph   1803-03-14 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000689 Samuel Southard Samuel Southard   Whig NJ Senate   1821-01-26 1842-06-26 0   [] 410160       Samuel L. Southard   1787-06-09 M 4 1842-06-26 0 0 0 0 0
W000769 Samuel Wright Samuel Wright   Whig NJ House 2 1845-12-01 1847-03-03 0   [] 411918       Samuel G. Wright   1781-11-18 M 2 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
Y000023 Thomas Yorke Thomas Yorke   Whig NJ House -1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 411957       Thomas Jones Yorke   1801-03-25 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000349 William Chetwood William Chetwood   Whig NJ House -1 1835-12-07 1837-03-03 0   [] 402488       William Chetwood   1771-06-17 M 2 1837-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
D000166 William Dayton William Dayton   Whig NJ Senate   1842-01-01 1851-03-03 0   [] 403298       William L. Dayton   1807-02-17 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000092 William Halstead William Halstead   Whig NJ House -1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 404974       William Halstead   1794-06-04 M 4 1843-03-03 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);