🏛 Congress.gov Members Scraper

🚀 Export US House and Senate members in seconds. Names, parties, states, districts, terms, bioguide IDs.

🕒 Last updated: 2026-05-26 · 📊 13 fields per record · Federal scale · All US Congress members past and present

Congress.gov is the official source for US legislative biographies. This actor queries the api.congress.gov member endpoint and returns one row per member.

Coverage spans current and historical members from both chambers, every state, every district.

🎯 Target Audience	💡 Primary Use Cases
Government affairs teams	Build outreach lists
Journalists	Cover Congress
Civic tech	Power dashboards
Researchers	Study legislative careers

📋 What the Congress.gov Members Scraper does

• Pulls members from the official congress.gov API
• Filters by Congress, state, district, current-serving
• Returns name, party, state, district, term, bioguide ID, photo URL
• Includes direct API link per member

💡 Why it matters: Knowing who represents whom is the foundation of any government affairs workflow.

🎬 Full Demo (🚧 Coming soon)

⚙️ Input

Field	Type	Description
maxItems	integer	Cap on rows
congress	integer	Congress number
stateCode	enum	50 US states
district	integer	House district
currentMember	boolean	Currently serving only
apiKey	string	Optional congress.gov key

{ "maxItems": 50, "stateCode": "CA" }

{ "maxItems": 100, "currentMember": true, "stateCode": "TX" }

⚠️ Good to Know: DEMO_KEY is rate-limited. For high volume, get a free key at api.congress.gov.

📊 Output

Field	Type	Description
🖼 imageUrl	string	Official portrait
📌 bioguideId	string	Bioguide identifier
👤 name	string	Member name
partyName	string	Political party
🌎 state	string	State name
district	integer	House district number
🏛 chamber	string	House or Senate
termStartYear	integer	Latest term start
termEndYear	integer	Latest term end
updateDate	string	Last update
🔗 url	string	API URL
🕒 scrapedAt	string	ISO timestamp

✨ Why choose this Actor

• Direct congress.gov API
• Real-time data, no cached responses
• Works with standard Apify integrations

📈 How it compares to alternatives

Approach	Cost	Maintenance	Coverage
This actor	Pay per result	None	Full
Manual scrape	Free	High	Limited UI
Commercial directories	$$$	None	Curated

🚀 How to use

1. Create a free account w/ $5 credit
2. Open the actor page
3. Set inputs
4. Run
5. Download dataset as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML

💼 Business use cases

Competitor and market monitoring

Build outreach lists by state, party, or chamber.

Pipeline expansion

Identify representatives in districts where you operate.

Compliance and due diligence

Verify member tenure and party affiliation.

Market sizing and research

Quantify membership turnover per Congress.

🔌 Automating Congress.gov Members Scraper

Connects with Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, and Google Drive via Apify's standard integrations.

🌟 Beyond business use cases

Research

Academic studies on legislator careers.

Personal

Civic engagement and constituent education.

Non-profit

Non-profit advocacy targeting.

Experimentation

Train models on legislator metadata.

🤖 Ask an AI assistant about this scraper

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❓ Frequently Asked Questions

Q: Do I need an API key? A: DEMO_KEY works for light use; get a free key for high volume. Q: Are former members included? A: Yes, unless you set currentMember=true. Q: How is district handled for Senate? A: Senators have no district. Use stateCode only. Q: Are committees included? A: No, this actor returns headline biography. Q: How accurate is the data? A: As accurate as congress.gov. Q: Are images included? A: Yes, official portraits in imageUrl. Q: How current is the data? A: Within hours of official updates. Q: Are leadership roles surfaced? A: Not in this version. Q: Are at-large districts handled? A: Yes, as district 0 or 1 depending on state. Q: Can I get contact info? A: Use the linked member page on congress.gov.

🔌 Integrate with any app

Make, Zapier, Slack, Airbyte, GitHub Actions, Google Sheets, Webhooks.

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⚠️ Disclaimer: independent tool, not affiliated with the source organization. Only publicly available data collected.