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

16 rows where party = "Whig" and state = "VT" 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
M000790 Ahiman Miner Ahiman Miner   Whig VT House 1 1851-12-01 1853-03-03 0   [] 407768       Ahiman Louis Miner   1804-09-23 M 2 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
T000344 Andrew Tracy Andrew Tracy   Whig VT House 2 1853-12-05 1855-03-03 0   [] 410915       Andrew Tracy   1797-12-15 M 2 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
Y000029 Augustus Young Augustus Young   Whig VT House 4 1841-05-31 1843-03-03 0   [] 411963       Augustus Young (representative)   1784-03-20 M 2 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S001116 Benjamin Swift Benjamin Swift   Whig VT Senate   1827-12-03 1839-03-03 0   [] 410568       Benjamin Swift   1781-04-03 M 3 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000147 George Marsh George Marsh   Whig VT House 3 1843-12-04 1851-03-03 0   [] 407170       George Perkins Marsh   1801-03-15 M 5 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
A000123 Heman Allen Heman Allen of Milton Whig VT House 4 1831-12-05 1839-03-03 0   [] 400779       Heman Allen (Vermont politician)   1777-06-14 M 5 1839-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000052 Hiland Hall Hiland Hall   Whig VT House 1 1831-12-05 1843-03-03 0   [] 404937       Hiland Hall   1795-07-20 M 7 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
E000265 Horace Everett Horace Everett   Whig VT House 3 1829-12-07 1843-03-03 0   [] 403945       Horace Everett   1779-07-17 M 8 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
M000258 John Mattocks John Mattocks   Whig VT House 5 1821-12-03 1843-03-03 0   [] 407276       John Mattocks   1777-03-04 M 12 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
C000851 Samuel Crafts Samuel Crafts   Whig VT Senate   1817-12-01 1843-03-03 0   [] 402967       Samuel C. Crafts   1768-10-06 M 5 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000299 Samuel Phelps Samuel Phelps   Whig VT Senate   1839-12-02 1855-03-03 0   [] 408699       Samuel S. Phelps   1793-05-13 M 3 1855-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
P000510 Samuel Prentiss Samuel Prentiss   Whig VT Senate   1831-12-05 1843-03-03 0   [] 408895       Samuel Prentiss   1782-03-31 M 3 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000435 William Hebard William Hebard   Whig VT House 2 1849-12-03 1853-03-03 0   [] 405301       William Hebard   1800-11-29 M 3 1853-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
H000520 William Henry William Henry   Whig VT House 1 1847-12-06 1851-03-03 0   [] 405383       William Henry (congressman)   1788-03-22 M 3 1851-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
S000475 William Slade William Slade   Whig VT House 2 1831-12-05 1843-03-03 0   [] 409964       William Slade (politician)   1786-05-09 M 7 1843-03-03 0 0 0 0 0
U000025 William Upham William Upham   Whig VT Senate   1843-12-04 1853-12-31 0   [] 411048       William Upham   1792-08-05 M 2 1853-12-31 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);