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

24 rows where party = "Whig" and state = "VA" 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
S001030 Alexander Stuart Alexander Stuart   Whig VA House 17 1841-05-31 1843-03-03 0   [] 410486       Alexander Hugh Holmes Stuart   1807-04-02 M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
F000419 Andrew Fulton Andrew Fulton   Whig VA House 13 1847-12-06 1849-03-03 0   [] 404361       Andrew S. Fulton   1800-09-29 M 2 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000642 Charles Mercer Charles Mercer   Whig VA House 14 1817-12-01 1841-03-03 0   [] 407628       Charles F. Mercer   1778-06-16 M 13 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000479 Cuthbert Powell Cuthbert Powell   Whig VA House 14 1841-05-31 1843-03-03 0   [] 408864       Cuthbert Powell   1775-03-04 M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000080 Francis Mallory Francis Mallory   Whig VA House 1 1837-09-04 1843-03-03 0   [] 407108       Francis Mallory   1807-12-12 M 4 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S001066 George Summers George Summers   Whig VA House 14 1841-05-31 1845-03-03 0   [] 410520       George W. Summers   1804-03-04 M 3 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S001025 James Strother James Strother   Whig VA House 9 1851-12-01 1853-03-03 0   [] 410481       James F. Strother   1811-09-04 M 2 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M001016 Jeremiah Morton Jeremiah Morton   Whig VA House 9 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 407983       Jeremiah Morton   1799-09-03 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000655 John Botts John Botts   Whig VA House 6 1839-12-02 1849-03-03 0   [] 401618       John Botts   1802-09-16 M 6 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000595 John Hill John Hill   Whig VA House 5 1839-12-02 1841-03-03 0   [] 405457       John Hill (Virginia politician)   1800-07-18 M 2 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000206 John Pendleton John Pendleton   Whig VA House 9 1845-12-01 1849-03-03 0   [] 408609       John Pendleton   1802-03-01 M 3 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000323 John Robertson John Robertson   Whig VA House 11 1833-12-02 1839-03-03 0   [] 409294       John Robertson (Virginia politician)   1787-04-13 M 4 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000027 John Taliaferro John Taliaferro   Whig VA House 10 1801-12-07 1843-03-03 0   [] 410616       John Taliaferro     M 22 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
B000214 Richard Barton Richard Barton   Whig VA House 15 1841-05-31 1843-03-03 0   [] 401211       Richard W. Barton     M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000358 Samuel Chilton Samuel Chilton   Whig VA House 9 1843-12-04 1845-03-03 0   [] 402497       Samuel Chilton   1804-09-07 M 2 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
F000216 Thomas Flournoy Thomas Flournoy   Whig VA House 3 1847-12-06 1849-03-03 0   [] 404171       Thomas Flournoy   1811-12-15 M 2 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000395 Thomas Haymond Thomas Haymond   Whig VA House 15 1849-12-03 1851-03-03 0   [] 405263       Thomas Haymond   1794-01-15 M 2 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000275 William Archer William Archer   Whig VA Senate   1819-12-06 1847-03-03 0   [] 400914       William S. Archer   1789-03-05 M 5 1847-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
G000256 William Goggin William Goggin   Whig VA House 5 1839-12-02 1849-03-03 0   [] 404618       William L. Goggin   1807-05-31 M 6 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000322 William McCarty William McCarty   Whig VA House 14 1839-12-02 1841-03-03 0   [] 412165       William M. McCarty     M 2 1841-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000352 William McComas William McComas   Whig VA House 19 1833-12-02 1837-03-03 0   [] 407360       William McComas     M 3 1837-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000518 William Preston William Preston   Whig VA House 12 1847-12-06 1849-03-03 0   [] 408903       William B. Preston   1805-11-25 M 2 1849-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
R000285 William Rives William Rives   Whig VA Senate   1823-12-01 1845-03-03 0   [] 409258       William Cabell Rives   1793-05-04 M 4 1845-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
N000080 Willoughby Newton Willoughby Newton   Whig VA House 8 1843-12-04 1845-03-03 0   [] 408167       Willoughby Newton   1802-12-02 M 2 1845-03-03 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);