Template:Biographical Directory of Congress

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

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How to use

{{CongBio}} and {{Biographical Directory of Congress}} allow linking to the Bioguide, using parameter of subject.

Parameters

• {{{1}}} (required) = index
• {{{name}}} (optional) = Name, which should only be necessary if {{PAGENAME}} has a disambiguating name, such as "… (politician)"
• {{{findagrave}}} (optional) = index at Findagrave.com
• {{{date}}} (optional) = Date retrieved
• {{{inline}}} (optional) = yes, 1, or anything

Example

Henry Clay's biography is at http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=c000482,
So {{CongBio|c000482|findagrave=203|date=January 26, 2010}} will return an external link to that biography:

• Henry Clay at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 26, 2010
• "Henry Clay". Find a Grave. Retrieved January 26, 2010. 

{{Biographical Directory of Congress|c000482|findagrave=203|date=January 26, 2010}} works in the same way:

• Biographical Directory of Congress at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 26, 2010
• "Biographical Directory of Congress". Find a Grave. Retrieved January 26, 2010. 

To use the template without the *, type {{CongBio|c000482|inline=1|date=January 25, 2010}} or {{Biographical Directory of Congress|c000482|inline=1|date=January 25, 2010}}
Henry Clay at the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress. Retrieved January 26, 2010

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: 12px This article incorporates public domain material from websites or documents of the 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.