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🏛 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.

📋 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

{"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

✨ Why choose this Actor

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

📈 How it compares to alternatives

🚀 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

ChatGPT, Claude, Perplexity, or Copilot can explain inputs, sample outputs, and integration patterns.

❓ 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.