---
title: "Search the tracked congressional roster by punctuation-independent name words in any order, sorted by name. Exact filed names and verified aliases win; otherwise every word must match before a sparse any-word fallback. Each member carries the party of their most recent term, or null when not yet matched to a legislator. hasMore flags a truncated match set."
method: GET
path: "/v1/congress/members"
tags: ["Congress"]
---

# Search the tracked congressional roster by punctuation-independent name words in any order, sorted by name. Exact filed names and verified aliases win; otherwise every word must match before a sparse any-word fallback. Each member carries the party of their most recent term, or null when not yet matched to a legislator. hasMore flags a truncated match set.

`GET /v1/congress/members`

## Request

- Base URL: `https://api.equibles.com`
- URL: `https://api.equibles.com/v1/congress/members`
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/equibles/apis/equibles-api/docs/v1/congress/members/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

## Query parameters

- `query` string
- `limit` integer
- `position` string

## Response `200`

OK

- CongressMemberSearchResponse
  - `hasMore` boolean: True when more members matched than were returned — raise limit to see them.
  - `listingNotice` ListingNotice: What happened to a requested ticker that no longer trades. "delisted": the company has no current US listing, so the answer is its history. "renamed": the company now trades as successorTicker, its current US presentation ticker (possibly another share class). A listed series (short volume, short interest, off-exchange volume, fails-to-deliver, congressional trades) is the retired ticker's own; a company-level read is the company's data.
    - `status` string, nullable: "delisted" or "renamed".
    - `ticker` string, nullable: The retired ticker as listed.
    - `delistedOn` string, date, nullable: The day the retired listing stopped trading, when known.
    - `successorTicker` string, nullable: For "renamed", the company's current US presentation ticker; null for "delisted".
  - `data` CongressMemberDto[], nullable
    - `id` string, uuid
    - `name` string, nullable
    - `position` string, nullable
    - `party` string, nullable: The member's party in their most recent term, as published ("Democrat", "Republican", "Independent"); null when the member is not matched to a legislator.

## Other responses

- `400`: Bad Request

## Changes

- **2026-11-06** `666e06778588`: 4 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `position`
  - added the optional property `data/items/party` to the response with the `200` status
  - added the optional property `error/availableDates` to the response with the `400` status
  - added the optional property `listingNotice` to the response with the `200` status

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/equibles/apis/equibles-api/changes/v1/congress/members/get.md)

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