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Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. has been the primary source for biographical information on Members of the United States Congress and Continental Congresses. Browse Biographies. Image courtesy of the Library of Congress. Visit the Retro Biographical Directory Website.
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What is the Congressional Directory? The Congressional Directory is the official directory of the U.S. Congress, prepared by the Joint Committee on Printing (JCP). It presents: 1. Short biographies of each member of the Senate and House, listed by state or district. 2. Committee memberships, terms of service, administrative assistants and/or secret...
Search options are available by clicking the orange SEARCH button in the top right of any page across the site. Basic Search – Use keywords, search operators, and metadata fieldsin the single search box. Search over just the Congressional Directory by: 1. Adding collection:cdirto your Basic Search query, or 2. After you execute the search, filter t...
GPO's GovInfo uses two key pieces of information to construct predictable URLs to documents and Details pages. 1. The Granule ID for the Congressional Directory is used to identify the specific document within an issue of the publication. 2. The Package ID is used to identify an individual issue of the publication. Granule ID Details Page for a Spe...
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Since 1998, Bioguide has been available online as a searchable, filterable database for basic biographical information on the more than 12,000 Members of the House, Senate, and Continental and Confederation Congresses.
The Biographical Directory of the United States Congress (Bioguide) is a biographical dictionary of all present and former members of the United States Congress and its predecessor, the Continental Congress. Also included are Delegates from territories and the District of Columbia and Resident Commissioners from the Philippines and Puerto Rico.
"This searchable directory provides biographical information on the more than 13,000 persons who have served in the U.S. Congress, including those who served in the Continental Congress. Also included are territorial delegates, resident commissioners, and U.S. Vice Presidents.
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