Civil Services is a collection of tools that make it possible for citizens to be apart of what is happening in their Local, State & Federal Governments.
We have also built an interactive search tool that can show you some interesting demographic data on US Senators.
Civil Services created high-resolution photos for each US Senator and made them available in the following sizes:
- 1024 x 1024 pixels
- 512 x 512 pixels
- 256 x 256 pixels
- 128 x 128 pixels
- 64 x 64 pixels
You can either copy the headshots folder into your project, or we also offer a CDN.
If you are using the image headshots/512x512/bernard-sanders.jpg the CDN for that file would be https://cdn.civil.services/senate/headshots/512x512/bernard-sanders.jpg
This project offers data for the 115th United States Senate in the following formats:
The following information is available for each US Senator.
| property | type | description |
|---|---|---|
state |
string | State City Council belongs to |
bioguide |
string | The alphanumeric ID for this legislator on http://bioguide.congress.gov ( http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=C001075 ) |
thomas |
string | The numeric ID for this legislator ( not really used anymore ) |
govtrack |
string | The numeric ID for this legislator on GovTrack.us ( https://www.govtrack.us/congress/members/412630 ) |
opensecrets |
string | The alphanumeric ID for this legislator on OpenSecrets.org ( https://www.opensecrets.org/politicians/summary.php?cid=N00030245 ) |
votesmart |
string | The numeric ID for this legislator on VoteSmart.org ( http://votesmart.org/candidate/69494 ) |
party |
enum | Party of City Council Representative ['democrat','republican','independent'] |
status |
enum | Status of Senator ['active','inactive'] |
majority_leader |
boolean | Senator is Majority Leader of Party |
majority_whip |
boolean | Senator is Majority Whip of Party |
minority_leader |
boolean | Senator is Minority Leader of Party |
minority_whip |
boolean | Senator is Minority Whip of Party |
class |
enum | Senate to be divided into three classes for purposes of elections ['I','II','III'] |
gender |
enum | Gender of Senator ['female','male'] |
ethnicity |
enum | Ethnicity of Senator ['african-american','asian-american','hispanic-american','white'] |
name |
string | Name of City Council Representative |
slug |
string | Name converted to Slug ( lower case & dashes only ) |
date_of_birth |
date | Senator's Date of Birth |
entered_office |
date | Date Senator First Entered Office |
term_end |
date | Date Senator's Tern Ends |
latitude |
float | GPS Latitude of Office |
longitude |
float | GPS Longitude of Office |
address |
string | Mailing Address |
website |
string | Senator's Website |
phone |
string | Phone Number |
twitter_url |
string | Twitter URL |
facebook_url |
string | Facebook URL |
photo_url |
string | Photo URL |
biography |
string | Senator's Biography from Congress.gov |
The main data file is data/senate.json and is the only one you need to make changes too. Once changes are made
you can automatically gernate the CSV, SQL, XML & YML files automagically by running the following in a terminal window:
npm install
npm run convert