public Legislators search(
			String state, 
			Boolean active, 
			String term, 
			String chamber,
			String district, 
			String party, 
			String first_name, 
			String last_name 
	) throws OpenStatesException {
		return api.query(
			new MethodMap("legislators"), 
			new ArgMap(
				"state", state, 
				"first_name", first_name, 
				"last_name", last_name, 
				"chamber", chamber, 
				"active", active==null?null:active.toString(), 
				"term", term, 
				"party", party, 
				"district", district
			), 
			Legislators.class
		);
	}
public Legislators search(
			String state, 
			Boolean active, 
			String term, 
			String chamber,
			String district, 
			String party, 
			String first_name, 
			String last_name 
	) throws OpenStatesException {
		return api.query(
			new MethodMap("legislators"), 
			new ArgMap(
				"state", state, 
				"first_name", first_name, 
				"last_name", last_name, 
				"chamber", chamber, 
				"active", active==null?null:active.toString(), 
				"term", term, 
				"party", party, 
				"district", district
			), 
			Legislators.class
		);
	}
public Legislators search ( String state , Boolean active , String term , String chamber , String district , String party , String first_name , String last_name ) throws OpenStatesException { return api . query ( new MethodMap ( "legislators" ) , new ArgMap ( "state" , state , "first_name" , first_name , "last_name" , last_name , "chamber" , chamber , "active" , active == null ? null : active . toString ( ) , "term" , term , "party" , party , "district" , district ) , Legislators . class ) ; }
This method allows looking up a legislator by a number of parameters, the results do not include the roles or old_roles items by default.

Pass null for parameters that are not being filtered.

@param state Filter by state.
@param active 'true' (default) to only include current legislators, 'false' will include all legislators
@param term Only legislators that have a role in a certain term.
@param chamber Only legislators with a role in the specified chamber.
@param district Only legislators that have represented the specified district.
@param party Only legislators that have been associated with a specified party
@param first_name Filter by first name.
@param last_name Filter by last name.
This method allows looking up a legislator by a number of parameters the results do not include the roles or old_roles items by default .