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Senators of the 116th Congress

Source Notebook

Dataset for the U.S. Senators of the 116th Congress

Details

The data is imported from senate.gov and formatted for computation.
The default content is a Dataset. It includes the following properties for each senator:
"MemberName"unique identifying name, typically last name and party affiliation
"LastName"last name
"FirstName"first name
"PartyAffiliation"party affiliation
"State"state represented
"OfficeAddress"office address (in Washington, DC)
"OfficePhone"office phone
ContactFormURL"link to web contact form
"OfficialWebSite"link to official web site
"Class"election cycle class (I, II, or III)
"BioGuideURL"link to brief biography web page
"LeadershipPosition"leadership position if applicable, or None

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the full dataset:

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ResourceData[ ResourceObject["Senators of the 116th Congress"]]
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List all states with senators:

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ResourceData[ ResourceObject["Senators of the 116th Congress"]][All, #["State"] &] // Normal // Union
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List senators from Illinois:

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ResourceData[ ResourceObject["Senators of the 116th Congress"]][ Select[#["State"] === Entity["AdministrativeDivision", {"Illinois", "UnitedStates"}] &]]
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List senators from election cycle class III:

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ResourceData[ ResourceObject["Senators of the 116th Congress"]][ Select[#["Class"] === "Class III" &]]
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List senators with a leadership position:

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ResourceData[ ResourceObject["Senators of the 116th Congress"]][ Select[#["LeadershipPosition"] =!= None &]]
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Arnoud Buzing, "Senators of the 116th Congress" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2020)  

Data Resource History

  • Date Created:

Source Metadata

  • Citation: Official U.S. Senate web site (senate.gov)

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Publisher Information

  • Prepared for the Wolfram Data Repository By: Arnoud Buzing
  • Publisher of Record: Arnoud Buzing