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Members of the United States Congress, 1789-Present, in YAML/JSON/CSV, as well as committees, presidents, and vice presidents.

6 mentions on Hacker News by 2 people: 1 story, 5 comments · first 2015-08-24 · latest 2026-04-17

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  1. Data sources I'm using: https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators https://github.com/OpenSourceActivismTech/us-zipcodes-congre... https://geocoding.geo.census.gov/ From my tests so far the territories and DC are pretty well…
    comment by waterproof · 2026-04-17 · in Show HN: Free API and widget to look up US representatives
  2. …the folks who contribute to the Github unitedstates repo has historical data in CSV/JSON form: https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
    comment by danso · 2018-05-23 · in The Average Age and Years Served of Members of US Congress Every Year Since 1789
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    Unitedstates/congress-legislators: contact info and social media for Congress
    story by danso · 2017-01-30 · 0 comments
  4. …you've done with FB data and have put it on my list someday to learn through your examples :). [0] https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
    comment by danso · 2016-12-20 · in Twitter’s Chief Technology Officer to Leave Company
  5. …their Wikipedia page (though I haven't counted to see how many have that attribute filled): https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
    comment by danso · 2016-06-01 · in U.S. colleges ranked by number of affiliated Congressmembers
  6. …is a crowdsourced listing (augmented by a automated framework) of Congress social media accounts: https://github.com/unitedstates/congress-legislators
    comment by danso · 2015-08-24 · in Twitter has killed Politwoops, which monitored politicians' deleted tweets