Type Alias MemberDetail

Type declaration

• OptionaladdressInformation?: {
      city: "Washington";
      district: "DC";
      officeAddress?: string;
      phoneNumber?: string;
      zipCode?: number;
  }

  The member’s contact information.

  • city: "Washington"

    The city of Washington. (Washington)

  • district: "DC"

    The two letter postal abbreviation for the District of Columbia. (DC)

  • OptionalofficeAddress?: string

    The member’s mailing and physical office address in Washington, D.C.The < officeAddress > element provides the full address for Senate members and only the House office building information for House members. (e.g, 437 Russell Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510)

  • OptionalphoneNumber?: string

    The telephone number for the member’s office in Washington, D.C. (e.g., (202) 224 - 4242)

  • OptionalzipCode?: number

    The postal zip code for the member’s office in Washington, D.C. (e.g., 20510)

• bioguideId: string

  The unique ID value that originates in the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress, 1774-Present. View a field values list of Bioguide identifiers for current and former members in Congress.gov. (e.g., L000174)

• OptionalbirthYear?: string

  Member’s year of birth. (e.g., 1940)

• OptionalcosponsoredLegislation?: { count: number; url: string }

  Bills and resolutions cosponsored by member.

  • count: number

    The total number of bills and resolutions cosponsored by the member. (e.g., 7470)

  • url: string

    A referrer URL to the cosponsored - legislation level of the API. More information. (e.g., https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/L000174/cosponsored-legislation)

• OptionalcurrentMember?: boolean

  Indicator of whether the member is currently serving. Possible values are "True" or "False". (e.g., True)

• OptionaldeathYear?: string

  Member’s year of death.

• Optionaldepiction?: { attribution?: string; imageUrl?: string }

  The member’s current official portrait.

  • Optionalattribution?: string

    The source of the image. (e.g. Courtesy U.S.Senate Historical Office )

  • OptionalimageUrl?: string

    The member's current portrait on Congress.gov. (e.g.https://www.congress.gov/img/member/l000174_200.jpg)

• OptionaldirectOrderName?: string

  The member’s name in first - name - first order. (e.g., Patrick J.Leahy)

• Optionaldistrict?: number

  The Congressional district represented by the member (exclusive to House). The value of zero indicates the state, district or territory has only one member in the House.

• firstName: string

  The member’s first name. (e.g., Patrick)

• OptionalhonorificName?: string

  The honorific title of the member. (e.g., Mr.)

• OptionalinvertedOrderName?: string

  The member’s name in last - name - first order. (e.g., Leahy, Patrick J.)

• OptionallastName?: string

  The member’s last name. (e.g., Leahy)

• Optionalleadership?: { congress: number; current?: boolean; type: string }[]

  The leadership positions available on Congress.gov that the member has held during their membership / tenure of service.

• OptionalmiddleName?: string

  The member’s middle name. (e.g., Joseph)

• OptionalnickName?: string

  The member’s nickname.

• OptionalofficialUrl?: string

  The member’s official website. (e.g., https://www.leahy.senate.gov/)

• Optionalparty?: DEMOCRATIC | INDEPENDENT | INDEPENDENT_DEMOCRAT | LIBERTARIAN | REPUBLICAN

  The current political party of the member.Note: This does not currently reflect party changes. Possible values are "Democratic", "Independent", "Independent Democrat", "Libertarian", and "Republication". (e.g., Democatic)

• OptionalpartyHistory?: { partyAbbreviation: PartyCode; partyName: PartyName; startYear: number }[]

  Member's party history.

• OptionalpreviousNames?: {
      directOrderName?: string;
      endDate?: string;
      firstName?: string;
      honorificName?: string;
      invertedOrderName?: string;
      lastName?: string;
      middleName?: string;
      startDate?: string;
      suffixName?: string;
  }[]

  The previous names of the member.

• OptionalsponsoredLegislation?: { count: number; url: string }

  Bills and resolutions sponsored by member.

  • count: number

    The total number of bills and resolutions sponsored by the member. (e.g., 1753)

  • url: string

    A referrer URL to the sponsored - legislation level of the API.Click here for more information about the sponsored - legislation level. (e.g., https://api.congress.gov/v3/member/L000174/sponsored-legislation)

• state: StateName

  The state represented by the member. (e.g., Vermont)

• OptionalsuffixName?: string

  The member’s suffix.

• terms: {
      chamber: CongressChamber;
      congress: number;
      district?: number;
      endYear: number;
      memberType: MemberType;
      partyCode?:
          | DEMOCRATIC
          | INDEPENDENT
          | INDEPENDENT_DEMOCRAT
          | LIBERTARIAN
          | REPUBLICAN;
      partyName?: | DEMOCRATIC
      | INDEPENDENT
      | INDEPENDENT_DEMOCRAT
      | LIBERTARIAN
      | REPUBLICAN;
      startYear: number;
      stateCode: StateCode;
      stateName: StateName;
  }[]

  The member’s service in an individual Congress.

• updateDate: string

  The date of update in Congress.gov. (e.g., 2022-05 - 17T18: 44:02Z)