Template:Bioguide/sandbox

 This article incorporates public domain material from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

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Usage

This template wraps {{Include-USGov}} and takes any parameter that {{citation}} does. It accepts |article= as an alias for |title=. It can also produce a standalone message with no arguments.

For example:

• {{Bioguide}} →  This article incorporates public domain material from

• {{Bioguide|title=GORE, Albert Arnold}} →  This article incorporates public domain material from

• {{Bioguide|title=GORE, Albert Arnold|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000320}} →  This article incorporates public domain material from

• {{Bioguide|article=GORE, Albert Arnold|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000320}} →  This article incorporates public domain material from

• {{Bioguide|title=GORE, Albert Arnold|url=http://bioguide.congress.gov/scripts/biodisplay.pl?index=G000320|first=John Q.|last=Public|access-date=6 May 2026}} →  This article incorporates public domain material from

This template will categorize articles that include it into Category:Wikipedia articles incorporating text from the Biographical Directory of the United States Congress.

See also

Articles

• Biographical Directory of the United States Congress

Templates

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

WikiProjects

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

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