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Historical US Legislators

Members of the United States Congress, 1789-present

Originator: GovTrack

Biographical information on all Members of Congress since 1789, as well as cross-walks into other databases

(27 columns, 11807 rows)

Examples

Basic Examples

Retrieve the ResourceObject:

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ResourceObject["Historical US Legislators"]
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View the data:

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ResourceData["Historical US Legislators"]
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Visualization

Compare numbers of male and female US legislators:

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With[{tally = Tally[ResourceData["Historical US Legislators"][All, "Gender"]]}, BarChart[Last /@ tally, ChartLabels -> Normal[First /@ tally]]]
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Wolfram Research, "Historical US Legislators" from the Wolfram Data Repository (2016)   https://doi.org/10.24097/wolfram.46931.data

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Data Resource History

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Source Metadata

  • Publisher: GovTrack
  • Date: 2016
  • Description: Members of the United States Congress, 1789-present
  • Coverage: 1789 to present
  • Language: English
  • Source: GovTrack

Data Downloads

Publisher Information

  • Publisher of Record: Wolfram Research