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Summary:

Database includes biographies of individuals who have served in the Congress of the United States since 1789 and in the Continental Congresses between 1774 and 1789. The members are searchable by name, state, and position. Most entries includes a short biography, Congresses served, and biobibliographical information.

Author/Creator:

United States Congress , author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut

Contributors:

United States Congress > Senate > Historical Office , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

United States Congress > House > Office of the Historian , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

United States Congress > House > Office of Art and Archives , issuing body, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/isb

Languages:

English

Language Notes:

Item content: English

Main Work:

Biographical directory of the United States Congress [United States Congress]

Alternate Titles:

Former title: Biographical directory of the United States Congress, 1774-present <Nov. 30, 1998>

Publication Frequency:

Updated irregularly

Publication Date Notes:

Began in 1998.

Subjects:

United States Continental Congress — Biography — Databases

United States Congress — Biography — Databases

Legislators — United States — Biography — Databases

United States Congress

United States Continental Congress

Legislators

United States

Genres:

Biographies

Databases

Directories

System Details:

Mode of access: Internet from the House and Senate web sites. Addresses as of 8/14/02: http://bioguide.congress.gov/biosearch/biosearch.asp (House site), http://www.senate.gov/learning/bioguide.html (Senate site); current access is available via PURL.

General Notes:

"Include[s] images... and additional information previously published in separate volumes: Guide to research collections of former United States senators; Senators of the United States: a historical bibliography; and Guide to research collections of former members of the House of Representatives"-Announcement from H-LAW listserv, Nov. 23, 1998, 12:52.
Description based on: Contents viewed Oct. 12, 2021 (Congress.gov); title from home page.
Directory updated by the Senate Historical Office and the Legislative Resource Center of the House of Representatives, working under the direction of the Secretary of the Senate and the Clerk of the House.

Physical Description:

1 online resource
Began in 1998.

Digital Characteristics:

text file

Call Numbers:

Y 1.7:

SuDocs Numbers:

Y 1.7:

Other Standard Numbers:

Government Printing Office Item Number: 1006-C (online)

Library of Congress Control Numbers:

2021236878
2003533078 [Invalid]

OCLC Numbers:

40411130