Template:CongBio

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• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Contents 1 How to use 2 Example 3 See also 3.1 Content notice template 3.2 Cleanup project template 3.3 Project Congress

[edit] How to use

{{CongBio}} allows linking to the Bioguide, using parameter of subject.

[edit] Example

Henry Clay's biography is at http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000482,
So {{CongBio|c000482}} will return an external link to that biography:

• Biography at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] See also

• {{CongBio2}} - For members from 1991–present. It has both BioGuide information and Washington Post voting record. This is preferred.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] Content notice template

{{Bioguide}} looks like this:
This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

[edit] Cleanup project template

{{Cleanup Congress Bio}} puts articles in the category, Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.

[edit] Project Congress

Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress, tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.