gc_get_legislator

Get a legislator

One member of Congress: chamber, party, state/district, current committee assignments, terms served, and sponsored-bill count. Id is the bioguide id (e.g. S000033) from gc_search.

Input

Parameter	Type	Description
idRequired	string	Bioguide id (from gc_search).

Annotations

{
  "readOnlyHint": true,
  "idempotentHint": true,
  "openWorldHint": false
}

Examples

One member of Congress

Profile, committee assignments, and sponsorship stats by bioguide id.

{
  "id": "s000033"
}

{
  "type": "legislator",
  "id": "S000033",
  "name": "Bernie Sanders",
  "sections": {
    "profile": {
      "chamber": "senate",
      "party": "Independent",
      "state": "VT",
      "district": null,
      "current": true,
      "terms_served": 0
    },
    "committees": [
      {
        "system_code": "hsju00",
        "name": "Judiciary Committee",
        "role": "chair",
        "congress": 119
      }
    ],
    "sponsorship": {
      "sponsored_bills": 1,
      "find_bills_via": "gc_search (query: \"Bernie Sanders\", types: [\"bill\"])"
    },
    "voting_record_via": "gc_list_activity (scope: {type: \"legislator\", id: \"S000033\"}, event_types: [\"legislator.voted\"]) — the complete roll-call record",
    "activity_via": "gc_list_activity (scope: {type: \"legislator\", id: \"S000033\"})"
  },
  "followable": true,
  "source": "congress.gov",
  "links": {
    "governmentcontext": "https://governmentcontext.com/people/bernie-sanders",
    "source": "https://bioguide.congress.gov/search/bio/S000033"
  }
}