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Civil Services is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to be a part of what is happening in their Local, State & Federal Governments.

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116th United States Senate

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We have also built an interactive search tool that can show you some interesting demographic data on US Senators.

★ Search US Senators ⧁

Introduction

This project provides the US Senate Data ( JSON, XML, CSV, SQL & YML formats ) & Headshots. See Provided Data below for full list of data in this project.

Data Source

Our team Manages the 116th Congress United States Senate Demographic Data. This document is Read Only for the general public. If you would like to update this document, Join our Slack Team to learn how.

Completed Tasks

We have completed the following Data Collection for this set of data. Watch Project to be notified of updates.

  • US House Data Created
  • Representative Headshots Created
  • Images Uploaded to CDN
  • Published NPM Package

Senator Headshots

Civil Services created high-resolution photos for each US Senator and made them available in the following sizes:

  • 1024 x 1024 pixels
  • 512 x 512 pixels
  • 256 x 256 pixels
  • 128 x 128 pixels
  • 64 x 64 pixels

You can either copy the headshots folder into your project, or we also offer a CDN.

If you are using the image headshots/512x512/bernard-sanders.jpg the CDN for that file would be https://cdn.civil.services/senate/headshots/512x512/bernard-sanders.jpg

Senator Data

This project offers data for the 116th United States Senate in the following formats:

Provided Data

The following information is available for each Senator.

Expand Details
Parameter Type Description
state_name string Name of State
state_state_name_slug string Name of State converted to lowercase letters and spaces replaced with dashes
state_code string Two Letter State Abbreviation
state_code_slug string Two Letter State Abbreviation in lowercase letters
class enum Senate to be divided into three classes for purposes of elections ['I','II','III']
bioguide string The alphanumeric ID for this Senator on http://bioguide.congress.gov ( http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001075 )
thomas string The numeric ID for this Senator ( not really used anymore )
opensecrets string The alphanumeric ID for this Senator on OpenSecrets.org ( https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00030245 )
votesmart string The numeric ID for this Senator on VoteSmart.org ( http://votesmart.org/candidate/69494 )
fec string Federal Election Commission ID ( http://www.fec.gov/fecviewer/CandidateCommitteeDetail.do?candidateCommitteeId=H6AL04098 )
maplight string The numeric ID for this Senator on MapLight.org ( http://maplight.org/us-congress/legislator/127 )
wikidata string The numeric ID for this Senator on wikidata.org ( https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q672671 )
google_entity_id string Google Integration
title enum Title of Senator
party enum Political Party of Senator
name string Full Name of Senator
name_slug string Full Name of Senator converted to lowercase letters and spaces replaced with dashes
first_name string First Name of Senator
middle_name string Middle Name of Senator
last_name string Last Name of Senator
name_suffix string Name Suffix of Senator
goes_by string Name Senator Prefers to go by
pronunciation string How to Pronounce Senator's Name
gender enum Gender of Senator
ethnicity enum Ethnicity of Senator
religion enum Religion of Senator
openly_lgbtq enum Senator is Openly LGBTQ
date_of_birth date Date of Birth of Senator
entered_office date Date Senator First Entered Office
term_end date Date Senator's Current Term Ends
biography string Senator's Biography from Congress.gov
phone string Work Phone Number of Senator
fax string Work Phone Number of Senator
latitude float GPS Latitude of Office
longitude float GPS Longitude of Office
address_complete string Work Mailing Address of Senator
address_number number Mailing Address Number
address_prefix string Mailing Address Prefix
address_street string Mailing Address Street
address_sec_unit_type string Mailing Address Section Unit Type
address_sec_unit_num number Mailing Address Section Unit Number
address_city string Mailing Address City
address_state string Mailing Address State
address_zipcode string Mailing Address zipcode
address_type string Mailing Address Type
website string Senator's Website
contact_page string Senator's Contact Page
facebook_url string Facebook URL
twitter_handle string Twitter Handle of Senator ( not always available )
twitter_url string Twitter URL of Senator ( not always available )
photo_url string Photo URL of Senator ( not always available )
  • photo_url is available in the following sizes: 64x64, 128x128, 256x256, 512x512 & 1024x1024 ( defaults to 512x512 )

Update Instructions

Updating House Data can be done with the following instructions:

View Instructions
  1. Download Latest CSV from Google Sheets
  2. Replace ./source/us-senate.csv with this new file
  3. Run the following commands:
npm run -s convert-csv
npm run -s build-data
npm run -s build-seeder

If you created new images because of a change in elected officials, you will also need to run:

npm run -s build-images