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Official Congressional Directory

Official Congressional Directory, also known simply as the Congressional Directory, is the official directory of the United States Congress. The title has varied somewhat over time. (There is a Wikipedia article about this serial.)

Publication History

While unofficial Congressional directories have been published since the first Congress in 1789, the first directory to be sponsored by Congress itself was published in 1847 for the 30th Congress. The first to include biographies of legislators was published in 1867. No issue or contribution copyright renewals were found for this serial. (More details) It is still published today.

Persistent Archives of Complete Issues

• 1849: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 30th Congress.
• 1850: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 31st Congress.
• 1850: Google Books has the second edition of the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 31st Congress.
• 1852: Google Books has the second edition of the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 32nd Congress.
• 1854: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 33rd Congress.
• 1855: HathiTrust has the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 33rd Congress.
• 1856: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 34rd Congress.
• 1858: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 35th Congress.
• 1861: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 37th Congress.
• 1862: Google Books has the second edition of the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 37th Congress.
• 1863: Google Books has the Congressional Directory for the third session of the 37th Congress.
• 1864: The Internet Archive has the Congressional Directory for the first session of the 38th Congress.
• 1865: The Internet Archive has the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 38th Congress.
• 1867: Google Books has the second edition of the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 39th Congress.
• 1868: Google Books has the second edition of the Congressional Directory for the second session of the 40th Congress.
• 1869: Google Books has the second edition of the Congressional Directory for the third session of the 40th Congress.
• 1869-present: GovInfo has Congressional Directories from the 41st Congress onward. Note that the current Congress might not yet be covered in the most recently published Directory.

Official Site / Current Material

• Congress.gov's Members of the U.S. Congress page has information about all current and recent past members of Congress, and may be more up to date than the latest edition of the Official Congressional Directory.

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