/members

Search government members

Search and filter government members across all levels and jurisdictions with various criteria.

Parameters

name	type	required	description
countryquery	stringdefault us	—	ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. DEFAULTS TO "us" when omitted, so existing integrations are unaffected by international data. Pass "*" for every country.
statequery	string	—	Filter by state code (two-letter lowercase)
rolequery	string	—	Filter by government role ID
partyquery	string	—	Filter by political party (case-insensitive partial match)
chamberquery	upper \| lower \| unicameral	—	Filter by legislative chamber
levelquery	federal \| state \| local	—	Filter by government level. Use with `branch` to pull a slice such as all federal executive officials.
branchquery	legislative \| executive \| judicial	—	Filter by branch of government (legislative, executive, judicial).
districtquery	string	—	Filter by district identifier. Leading zeros are ignored, so `3` and `03` select the same seat. Combine with `state` and `chamber` to identify a single seat.
searchquery	string	—	Case-insensitive substring match on the member name.
activequery	booleandefault true	—	Filter by active status
sortquery	name \| state \| partydefault name	—	Sort field
orderquery	asc \| descdefault asc	—	Sort order
pagequery	integerdefault 1	—	Page number for pagination
limitquery	integerdefault 50	—	Number of items per page

Example

curl

curl "https://civiclens.io/api/v1/members?state=tx&chamber=lower&district=30"

200 response

{
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "j57ebfcdjwx3x5dbyjxvy8m4jn8519qv",
      "ocdPersonId": "dd3e49ca-2b2b-4a83-ae63-0ade6ccef73f",
      "name": "A.J. Louderback",
      "firstName": "A.J.",
      "lastName": "Louderback",
      "title": "Representative",
      "profileImage": "https://svnkcjvhjsabii6v.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/photos/j57ebfcdjwx3x5dbyjxvy8m4jn8519qv-Jp26RlxkRcKm8CF7tFb8riRKHc6cBn.jpg",
      "gender": "Male",
      "party": "Republican",
      "bio": "A.J. Louderback (Republican Party) (also known as Andy) is a member of the Texas House of Representatives, representing District 30. He assumed office on January 14, 2025. His current term ends on January 12, 2027.",
      "profession": [
        "Law enforcement officer"
      ],
      "government": {
        "country": "us",
        "level": "state",
        "branch": "legislative",
        "stateCode": "tx",
        "chamber": "lower",
        "district": "30",
        "termStart": "2025-01-14"
      },
      "contactInfo": {
        "capitolOffice": {
          "address": "Room E1.418, P.O. Box 12910, Austin, TX 78711",
          "phone": "512-463-0456"
        },
        "districtOffices": [
          {
            "address": "5606 N. Navarro St. Suite 200-A, Victoria, TX 77904",
            "phone": "361-582-9712"
          }
        ],
        "email": "aj.louderback@house.texas.gov",
        "phone": "512-463-0456",
        "website": "https://house.texas.gov/members/4620"
      },
      "personalWebsite": "https://house.texas.gov/members/4620",
      "sourceUrl": "<redacted in documentation>",
      "addedToRole": 1776387740198.9766,
      "updatedAt": 1786006312642
    },
    {
      "id": "j576d6ehby2jyhb1hdyxd7kjan850jz8",
      "ocdPersonId": "bioguide:C001130",
      "bioGuideId": "C001130",
      "name": "Jasmine Crockett",
      "firstName": "Jasmine",
      "lastName": "Crockett",
      "title": "Representative",
      "profileImage": "https://svnkcjvhjsabii6v.public.blob.vercel-storage.com/photos/j576d6ehby2jyhb1hdyxd7kjan850jz8-62e61RgaE52Mi4PLKko2PbgFMfZa43.jpg",
      "dateOfBirth": "1981-03-29",
      "party": "Democratic",
      "bio": "Jasmine Crockett (Democratic Party) is a member of the U.S. House, representing Texas' 30th Congressional District. She assumed office on January 3, 2023. Her current term ends on January 3, 2027. Senate to represent Texas. House to represent Texas' 30th Congressional District. She did not appear on the ballot for the Democratic primary on March 3, 2026.",
      "education": [
        "Rhodes College, 2003",
        "University of Houston"
      ],
      "profession": [
        "Attorney",
        "Small Business Owner"
      ],
      "religion": "Christian",
      "government": {
        "country": "us",
        "level": "federal",
        "branch": "legislative",
        "stateCode": "tx",
        "chamber": "lower",
        "district": "30",
        "termStart": "2025-01-01"
      },
      "contactInfo": {
        "capitolOffice": {
          "address": "1616 Longworth House Office Building, Washington, DC 20515",
          "phone": "(202) 225-8885"
        },
        "phone": "(202) 225-8885",
        "website": "https://crockett.house.gov"
      },
      "socialMedia": {
        "facebook": "RepJasmine",
        "instagram": "RepJasmine",
        "twitter": "RepJasmine"
      },
      "personalWebsite": "https://crockett.house.gov",
      "sourceUrl": "<redacted in documentation>",
      "addedToRole": 1776387736868.7898,
      "updatedAt": 1788922859074
    }
  ],
  "pagination": {
    "page": 1,
    "limit": 1000,
    "total": 2,
    "hasMore": false
  },
  "meta": {
    "lastUpdated": "2026-09-15T21:33:48.278Z",
    "filters": {
      "state": "tx",
      "chamber": "lower",
      "district": "30"
    }
  }
}

A live response, trimmed to the first records. sourceUrl values are shown redacted in documentation; the API returns the full value.

Responses

200List of government members

400Bad request - invalid parameters

500Internal server error

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endpoint

query

curl

curl "https://civiclens.io/api/v1/members?state=tx&chamber=lower&district=30"