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Description & Citation--Study No. 3371

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:3371
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR03371
 
Title:Database of [United States] Congressional Historical Statistics, 1789-1989
 
Principal Investigator(s):Elaine K. Swift, Eastern Washington University
 
  Robert G. Brookshire, James Madison University
 
  David T. Canon, University of Wisconsin, Madison
 
  Evelyn C. Fink, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
 
  John R. Hibbing, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
 
  Brian D. Humes, University of Nebraska, Lincoln
 
  Michael J. Malbin, State University of New York, Albany
 
  Kenneth C. Martis, West Virginia University
 
Funding Agency:National Science Foundation
 
Grant Number:SES 9309877, SES 93-10057, SES 9223337, SBR-93-18537, SES 9308683, SES 9319225, SES-9109335, SBR 9496324, and SBR-9310112
 
Bibliographic Citation:Swift, Elaine K., Robert G. Brookshire, David T. Canon, Evelyn C. Fink, John R. Hibbing, Brian D. Humes, Michael J. Malbin, and Kenneth C. Martis. DATABASE OF [UNITED STATES] CONGRESSIONAL HISTORICAL STATISTICS, 1789-1989 [Computer file]. ICPSR version. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer], 2000. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 2004.
 

Scope of Study

Summary:This data release is from a database of United States Congressional statistics spanning the time period 1789 through 1989. There are nine data files in total and some files contain records for additional Congresses. The rows in the various files describe different entities. For example, in the Votes file, each row contains a record of a vote by a particular member on a particular roll call vote. The Member file contains a record for each member of Congress, while the Serves file contains a record for each member for every Congress in which he or she served. See the descriptions of each file in the codebook for details about its contents. The data from the various files can be combined by matching the fields that they have in common. Cross-file searches should be conducted using the Member_ID field. However, not every file has the Member_ID field. In those cases, an alternative common field should be used. This release does not include the Committee File and its data due to discrepancies in the Member_ID field.
 
Subject Term(s):biographical data, career history, congressional candidates, congressional districts, congressional elections (US House), congressional elections (US Senate), congressional voting, historical data, legislative bodies, legislators, political history, political leaders, politicians, public officials, roll call data, roll call voting records, United States Congress, United States House of Representatives, United States Senate, vote count, voting behavior
 
Geographic Coverage:United States
 
Time Period:1789 - 1989
 
Date(s) of Collection:March 2001
 
Data Type:census/enumeration data, and roll call voting data
 
Data Collection Notes:The codebook is provided by ICPSR as a Portable Document Format (PDF) file. The PDF file format was developed by Adobe Systems Incorporated and can be accessed using PDF reader software, such as the Adobe Acrobat Reader. Information on how to obtain a copy of the Acrobat Reader is provided on the ICPSR Web site.
 

Methodology

Data Source:UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL RECORD
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:2004-12-08
 
Version History:The last update of this study occurred on 2004-12-08.
 
  2006-01-18 - File CB3371.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: Election Table
  • DS2: Issue Table
  • DS3: Member Table
  • DS4: Party Table
  • DS5: Roll Call Text Table
  • DS6: Request Table
  • DS7: Roll Call Requests Table
  • DS8: Serves Table
  • DS9: Votes Table
 

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