Handling of middle names/initials in given_name

[csnardi]

Legislators in some states, e.g. California (example), ended up with middle names/initials in their given_name field. In other states, e.g. Maryland (example), middle names/initials were left out of the given_name field.

A consistent approach would make sense here. Should middle names be removed from all given_name fields, or should they be considered a normal part of the field?

[jamesturk]

I think we should add a middle_names field for these, I don't really think we need to worry about splitting them so a single string for all middle names should do

[csnardi]

I can do a pass through with nameparser to grab middle names easily, as well as make sure the given/family names are accurate as well.

[joearasin]

I'm pretty sure probablepeople is the one that generated most of what's in there now (I didn't realize I was joining to the output of running things through a parser)... Not sure which is the better library to settle on.

[joearasin]

Also, a suffix name field would probably make sense as well. (i.e. for "Jr.")