US Congress

US Congressional Representatives since 1945 (House, Senate, Presidency, Vice-Presidency)

congress

Format

A tibble with 20,598 rows and 32 columns.

congress

Congressional session.

pid

Unique Person ID.

last

Last name.

first

First name.

middle

Middle name.

suffix

Name suffix.

born

Date of birth

death

Date of death.

sex

Sex.

position

Position.

party

Party affiliation.

state

State represented.

district

District number.

start

Year first elected to role.

end

Final year served in role.

religion

Religion.

race

Race.

education

Educational attainment.

occ1

Most recent occupation type.

occ2

Second most recent occupation type.

occ3

Third most recent occupation type.

mil1

Most recent military service type.

mil2

Second most recent military service type.

mil3

Third most recent military service type.

start_year

Start of present term (i.e. term described by this row).

end_year

End of present term (i.e. term described by this row).

start_age

Age when beginning present term (i.e. term described by this row).

poc

Person of color.

days_old

Days of age when beginning present term (i.e. term described by this row).

entry_age

Age when first elected to position, in years.

end_career

End date of final term.

yr_fac

Same as start_year but coded as a factor instead of a date.

Source

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