Template:CongBio/doc

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[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:

• Henry Clay at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

To use the template without the *, type {{CongBio|c000482|inline=1}}
Henry Clay at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

[edit] See also

• {{CongLinks}} - For members from 1991–present. It has BioGuide, Washington Post voting record, Open Secrets, FEC reports, Vote Smart, On The issues, Legistorm, StateSurge GovTrack and FindAGrave. This is preferred.
• {{Bioguide}} looks like this: This article incorporates facts obtained from the public domain Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.
• {{Cleanup Congress Bio}} puts articles in the category, Category:Biographical Directory of the United States Congress cleanup.
• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress
• Wikipedia:WikiProject U.S. Congress/Bioguide, a subpage of Project Congress, tracks how well information is imported from the Bioguide.