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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.

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29 rows where party = "Whig" and state = "TN" sorted by full_name

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chamber 2

  • House 26
  • Senate 3

state 1

  • TN · 29 ✖

party 1

  • Whig · 29 ✖

is_current 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
M000262 Abram Maury Abram Maury   Whig TN House 8 1835-12-07 1839-03-03 0   [] 407280       Abram Poindexter Maury   1801-12-26 M 3 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000493 Christopher Williams Christopher Williams   Whig TN House 11 1837-09-04 1853-03-03 0   [] 411650       Christopher Harris Williams   1798-12-18 M 9 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
D000318 David Dickinson David Dickinson   Whig TN House 7 1833-12-02 1845-03-03 0   [] 403438       David W. Dickinson   1808-06-10 M 7 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000360 Ebenezer Shields Ebenezer Shields   Whig TN House 10 1835-12-07 1839-03-03 0   [] 409856       Ebenezer J. Shields   1778-12-22 M 3 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
E000276 Edwin Ewing Edwin Ewing   Whig TN House 8 1845-12-01 1847-03-03 0   [] 403955       Edwin Hickman Ewing   1809-12-02 M 2 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
F000302 Ephraim Foster Ephraim Foster   Whig TN Senate   1838-01-01 1845-03-03 0   [] 404251       Ephraim H. Foster   1794-09-17 M 2 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000376 Hugh White Hugh White   Whig TN Senate   1825-12-05 1841-03-03 0   [] 411537       Hugh Lawson White   1773-10-30 M 3 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000789 James Standifer James Standifer   Whig TN House 4 1823-12-01 1839-03-03 0   [] 410255       James Israel Standifer     M 9 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000308 John Ashe John Ashe   Whig TN House 10 1843-12-04 1845-03-03 0   [] 400952       John Baptista Ashe (representative)     M 2 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000920 John Crockett John Crockett   Whig TN House 12 1837-09-04 1841-03-03 0   [] 403032       John Wesley Crockett   1807-07-10 M 3 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000951 John Crozier John Crozier   Whig TN House 3 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 403063       John Hervey Crozier   1812-02-10 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000283 Joseph Peyton Joseph Peyton   Whig TN House 8 1843-12-04 1847-03-03 0   [] 408683       Joseph Hopkins Peyton   1808-05-20 M 3 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
W000524 Joseph Williams Joseph Williams   Whig TN House 3 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 411681       Joseph Lanier Williams   1810-10-23 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000199 Josiah Anderson Josiah Anderson   Whig TN House 3 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 400854       Josiah M. Anderson   1807-11-29 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
G000125 Meredith Gentry Meredith Gentry   Whig TN House 7 1839-12-02 1853-03-03 0   [] 404495       Meredith Poindexter Gentry   1809-09-15 M 8 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000938 Milton Brown Milton Brown   Whig TN House 11 1841-05-31 1847-03-03 0   [] 401892       Milton Brown (politician)   1804-02-28 M 4 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000341 Richard Cheatham Richard Cheatham   Whig TN House 11 1837-09-04 1839-03-03 0   [] 402481       Richard Cheatham   1799-02-20 M 2 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B001043 Robert Bugg Robert Bugg   Whig TN House 7 1853-12-05 1855-03-03 0   [] 401993       Robert M. Bugg   1805-01-20 M 2 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000209 Robert Caruthers Robert Caruthers   Whig TN House 7 1841-05-31 1843-03-03 0   [] 402355       Robert L. Caruthers   1800-07-31 M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
J000059 Spencer Jarnagin Spencer Jarnagin   Whig TN Senate   1843-12-04 1847-03-03 0   [] 405964       Spencer Jarnagin     M 1 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000297 Thomas Arnold Thomas Arnold   Whig TN House 1 1831-12-05 1843-03-03 0   [] 400939       Thomas Dickens Arnold   1798-05-03 M 7 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000101 Thomas Campbell Thomas Campbell   Whig TN House 4 1841-05-31 1843-03-03 0   [] 402254       Thomas Jefferson Campbell     M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000185 Washington Barrow Washington Barrow   Whig TN House 8 1847-12-06 1849-03-03 0   [] 401184       Washington Barrow   1807-10-05 M 2 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000204 William Carter William Carter   Whig TN House 1 1835-12-07 1841-03-03 0   [] 402350       William Blount Carter   1792-10-22 M 4 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000573 William Cocke William Cocke   Whig TN House 2 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 402702       William Michael Cocke   1815-07-16 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000974 William Cullom William Cullom   Whig TN House 4 1851-12-01 1855-03-03 0   [] 403085       William Cullom   1810-06-04 M 3 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000320 William Haskell William Haskell   Whig TN House 11 1847-12-06 1849-03-03 0   [] 405193       William T. Haskell   1818-07-21 M 2 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000245 William Senter William Senter   Whig TN House 2 1843-12-04 1845-03-03 0   [] 409748       William Tandy Senter   1801-05-12 M 2 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000965 William Stone William Stone   Whig TN House 4 1837-09-04 1839-03-03 0   [] 410424       William Stone (Tennessee politician)   1791-01-26 M 2 1839-03-03 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);
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