ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA  (ICPSR 7803)

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Citation

Title:

ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA

Identification Number:

7803

Authoring Entity:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH (INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)

MCKIBBIN, CARROLL

Producer:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Copyright:

COPYRIGHT ICPSR, 2000

Date of Production:

2000

Software used in Production:

SOFTQUAD XMETAL

Funding Agency/Sponsor:

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Grant Number:

SBR-9617813

Distributor:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Date of Distribution:

2000

Version:

ICPSR XML VERSION

Version Responsibility:

SANDA IONESCU

Bibliographic Citation:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, and Carroll McKibbin. ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA [Codebook file]. ICPSR XML Version. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2000.

Holdings Information:

http://webapp.icpsr.umich.edu/cocoon/DDI/SAMPLES/07803.xml

Documentation Source

Title:

ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA

Identification Number:

7803

Authoring Entity:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH (INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)

MCKIBBIN, CARROLL

Producer:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Date of Production:

JULY 1997

Distributor:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Date of Distribution:

JULY 1997

Version:

10TH ICPSR EDITION

Version Responsibility:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Bibliographic Citation:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, and Carroll McKibbin. ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA [Computer file]. 10th ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997.

Study Description

Citation

Title:

ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA

Identification Number:

7803

Authoring Entity:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH (INSTITUTE FOR SOCIAL RESEARCH, UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN)

MCKIBBIN, CARROLL

Producer:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Date of Production:

JULY 1997

Funding Agency/Sponsor:

The Congressional Research Service of the Library of Congress provided financial support and counseling for the creation of this dataset

Distributor:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Date of Distribution:

JULY 1997

Version:

10TH ICPSR EDITION  (link)

Version Responsibility:

INTER-UNIVERSITY CONSORTIUM FOR POLITICAL AND SOCIAL RESEARCH

Bibliographic Citation:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, and Carroll McKibbin. ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA [Computer file]. 10th ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997.

Study Scope

Keywords:

congressional officeholders;, congressional roster;, governmental elites;, legislative bodies;, legislators;, membership;, United States Congress;

Topic Classification:

XIII. Legislative and Deliberative Bodies;, A. Historical and Contemporary Roll Call Voting Records;, 1. United States;

Abstract:

This dataset contains variables describing congressional service and selected biographical characteristics for each person who has served in the United States Congress. This release of the data includes members of the 104th Congress, through November 27, 1996. Approximately 11,455 individuals are represented in this file. A data record exists for every Congress in which an individual served, as well as for each chamber in which a person may have served in a given Congress. To illustrate, a member of the House of Representatives appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate during a term of service will have two data records for that Congress. There are no records for territorial delegates or for service in the Continental Congress. Each record contains 104 variables that uniquely identify the member, provide biographical information, and describe aspects of the member's career. Some variables relate only to the Congress of record, that is, the Congress identified by Variable V2. Other variables are cumulative in nature, and are updated from Congress to Congress. Identification variables include an identification number assigned by ICPSR and the name of the Member. Service variables include political party affiliation, Senate class or House district, state and region represented, and exact and cumulative dates of service in each Congress and each Chamber, as well as total congressional service. The biographical variables include state and region of birth, education, military service, occupation, other political offices held, reason for leaving each Congress, and occupation and political offices held subsequent to leaving Congress. Many of these particular variables are summarized in a collapsed variable. The termination-of-service variable (V44) is a useful filter for the analyst interested in accessing only the final summary record for each member who has served in Congress. With this filter, the researcher may produce a subset of this dataset that will closely resemble the original "McKibbin" file, where there was one record per member of Congress. The Congress (V2) and Chamber (V3) variables are useful filters for one wishing to obtain frequencies in just the House or Senate over a particular span of time. The occupancy variable (V43) enables one to reconstruct a Congress as it was first configured, excluding replacement members. The original version of this file was produced in large part by merging two previously existing files-- ICPSR's ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS, 1789-1979 (ICPSR 7557) and Carroll McKibbin's BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1978 (ICPSR 7428). Since 1980, ICPSR staff members have maintained this merged data set. The eighth edition of this file marked the introduction of two additional processing procedures. Beginning with the 101st Congress, members who changed their political party affiliation after being seated in a given Congress are assigned a separate data record for each party that they represented in that seat in the Congress of record. In addition, persons seated more than once in the same chamber during a single Congress will have a separate data record for each seat that they occupied in that chamber during the Congress in question. Thus, for example, a Representative who switched from the Democratic to the Republican party after being seated in the 104th House will have two data records for that seat in the 104th Congress; and a Senator who switched Senate seats in the 102nd Congress will have two data records for the 102nd Senate.

This dataset contains variables describing congressional service and selected biographical characteristics for each person who has served in the United States Congress. This release of the data includes members of the 104th Congress. Approximately 11,455 individuals are represented in this file, each identified by a unique five-digit identification number. A data record exists for every Congress in which an individual served, as well as for each chamber in which a person may have served in a given Congress. To illustrate, a member of the House of Representatives who is appointed to fill a vacancy in the Senate during a term of service will have two data records for that Congress. The congressional service variables include political party affiliation, district, state and region represented, and exact and cumulative dates of service in each Congress and each chamber, as well as total congressional service. The biographical variables cover state and region of birth, education, military service, occupation, other political offices held, relatives who also have held congressional office, reason for leaving each Congress, and occupation and political offices held subsequent to service in Congress. Many of these specific variables are summarized in a collapsed variable.

Time Period:

March 4, 1789-November 27, 1996

Country:

United States

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Unit of Analysis:

individuals

Universe:

All persons who have served in the United States Congress from 1789 to November 27, 1996.

Kind of Data:

Biographical data

Methodology and Processing

Data Collector:

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Carroll McKibbin

Sources Statement

Data Sources:

BIOGRAPHICAL DIRECTORY OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, 1774-1989

CONGRESSIONAL DIRECTORY, 1969-1988. U.S. Government Printing Office

WEEKLY REPORT, 1979-1989

Carroll McKibbin. BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1979 (ICPSR 7428)

Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research. UNITED STATES HISTORICAL ELECTION RETURNS, 1788-1984 (ICPSR 0001 and 0079)

CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY WEEKLY REPORT, various issues

Cleaning Operations:

During the original creation of this combined file, the Consortium staff performed several detailed and systematic error checking procedures both while merging the existing files and updating the resulting merged file... In the course of processing a study of this magnitude, random entry or keypunch errors may occur, embedded blanks or invalid characters may be introduced, and so on. These errors are generally corrected as they are brought to the processing staff's attention.

Data Access

Location:

Ann Arbor, MI.: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research

Extent of Collection:

1 data file + machine-readable documentation + SAS data definition statements + SPSS data definition statements

Number of Files:

4

Citation Requirement:

Publications based on ICPSR data collections should acknowledge those sources by means of bibliographic citations. To ensure that such source attributions are captured for social science bibliographic utilities, citations must appear in footnotes or in the reference section of publications. The bibliographic citation for this data collection is: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research, and Carroll McKibbin. ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA [Computer file]. 10th ICPSR ed. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 1997.

Deposit Requirement:

To provide funding agencies with essential information about use of archival resources and to facilitate the exchange of information about ICPSR participants' research activities, users of ICPSR data are requested to send to ICPSR bibliographic citations for each completed manuscript or thesis abstract. Please indicate in a cover letter which data were used.

Disclaimer:

The original collector of the data, ICPSR, and the relevant funding agency bear no responsibility for uses of this collection or for interpretations or inferences based upon such uses.

File Description

File: ROSTER OF UNITED STATES CONGRESSIONAL OFFICEHOLDERS AND BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS, 1789-1996: MERGED DATA

Notes:

To facilitate analyses of this dataset, both missing data and inapplicable codes are recoded to missing values in the SAS and SPSS data definition statements accompanying this data collection

Variable Description

Variable Groups

MEMBER INFORMATION

Variables within MEMBER INFORMATION

OFFICES PRIOR TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE

Variables within OFFICES PRIOR TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE

HISTORY OF CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE

Variables within HISTORY OF CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE

OFFICES HELD SUBSEQUENT TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE

Variables within OFFICES HELD SUBSEQUENT TO CONGRESSIONAL SERVICE

SERVICE IN CONGRESS OF RECORD

Variables within SERVICE IN CONGRESS OF RECORD

ICPSR VARIABLES

Variables within ICPSR VARIABLES

Variables

ICPSR MEMBER ID NUMBER

Location:

Start: 1
Width: 5

Variable Text: ICPSR Five Digit Identification Number  (link)

Notes: Members in office in the 1st through the beginning of the 87th Congress were coded in alphabetical order as they appeared in the BIOGRAPHICAL DICTIONARY OF THE AMERICAN CONGRESS, 1774-1961. Thereafter, new members were generally assigned ID numbers in alphabetical order as they arrived in Congress. Member's full name is included in V8.

CONGRESS

Location:

Start: 6
Width: 3

Variable Text: CONGRESS NUMBER  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

-1.

MD

Notes: The sequential number of the Congress of Record in which the member was seated.

CHAMBER / CLASS

Location:

Start: 9
Width: 1

Variable Text: Chamber (and Class) in Which Member Served in Congress of Record

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

3.

HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

4.

SENATE, CLASS 1

The following 33 states with Class 1 seats elected Senators in any or all of the years 1788, 1790, 1796, 1802, 1808, 1814, 1820, 1826, 1832, 1838, 1844, 1850, 1856, 1862, 1868, 1874, 1880, 1886, 1892, 1898, 1904, 1910, 1916, 1922, 1928, 1934, 1940, 1946, 1952, 1958, 1964, 1970, 1976, 1982, 1988, 1994, 2000: Arizona Minnesota Pennsylvania California Mississippi Rhode Island Connecticut Missouri Tennessee Delaware Montana Texas Florida Nebraska Utah Hawaii Nevada Vermont Indiana New Jersey Virginia Maine New Mexico Washington Maryland New York West Virginia Massachusetts North Dakota Wisconsin Michigan Ohio Wyoming

5.

SENATE, CLASS 2

The following 33 states with Class 2 seats elected Senators in any or all of the years 1788, 1792, 1798, 1804, 1810, 1816, 1822, 1828, 1834, 1840, 1846, 1852, 1858, 1864, 1870, 1876, 1882, 1888, 1894, 1900, 1906, 1912, 1918, 1924, 1930, 1936, 1942, 1948, 1954, 1960, 1966, 1972, 1978, 1984, 1990, 1996, 2002: Alabama Louisiana North Carolina Alaska Maine Oklahoma Arkansas Massachusetts Oregon Colorado Michigan Rhode Island Delaware Minnesota South Carolina Georgia Mississippi South Dakota Idaho Montana Tennessee Illinois Nebraska Texas Iowa New Hampshire Virginia Kansas New Jersey West Virginia Kentucky New Mexico Wyoming

6.

SENATE, CLASS 3

The following 34 states with Class 3 seats elected Senators in any or all of the years 1788, 1794, 1800, 1806, 1812, 1818, 1824, 1830, 1836, 1842, 1848, 1854, 1860, 1866, 1872, 1878, 1884, 1890, 1896, 1902, 1908, 1914, 1920, 1926, 1932, 1938, 1944, 1950, 1956, 1962, 1968, 1974, 1980, 1986, 1992, 1998: Alabama Indiana Ohio Alaska Iowa Oklahoma Arizona Kansas Oregon Arkansas Kentucky Pennsylvania California Louisiana South Carolina Colorado Maryland South Dakota Connecticut Missouri Utah Florida Nevada Vermont Georgia New Hampshire Washington Hawaii New York Wisconsin Idaho North Carolina Illinois North Dakota

9.

MD

STATE

Location:

Start: 10
Width: 2

Variable Text: ICPSR Code For State That Member Represented in the Congress of Record  (link)

NEW ENGLAND

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

01.

CONNECTICUT

02.

MAINE

03.

MASSACHUSETTS

04.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

05.

RHODE ISLAND

06.

VERMONT

-1.

MD

MIDDLE ATLANTIC

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

11.

DELAWARE

12.

NEW JERSEY

13.

NEW YORK

14.

PENNSYLVANIA

-1.

MD

EAST NORTH CENTRAL

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

21.

ILLINOIS

22.

INDIANA

23.

MICHIGAN

24.

OHIO

25.

WISCONSIN

-1.

MD

WEST NORTH CENTRAL

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

31.

IOWA

32.

KANSAS

33.

MINNESOTA

34.

MISSOURI

35.

NEBRASKA

36.

NORTH DAKOTA

37.

SOUTH DAKOTA

-1.

MD

SOLID SOUTH

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

40.

VIRGINIA

41.

ALABAMA

42.

ARKANSAS

43.

FLORIDA

44.

GEORGIA

45.

LOUISIANA

46.

MISSISSIPPI

47.

NORTH CAROLINA

48.

SOUTH CAROLINA

49.

TEXAS

-1.

MD

BORDER STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

51.

KENTUCKY

52.

MARYLAND

53.

OKLAHOMA

54.

TENNESSEE

55.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

56.

WEST VIRGINIA

-1.

MD

MOUNTAIN STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

61.

ARIZONA

62.

COLORADO

63.

IDAHO

64.

MONTANA

65.

NEVADA

66.

NEW MEXICO

67.

UTAH

68.

WYOMING

-1.

MD

PACIFIC STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

71.

CALIFORNIA

72.

OREGON

73.

WASHINGTON

-1.

MD

NONCONTINENTAL STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

81.

ALASKA

82.

HAWAII

-1.

MD

Notes: V90 lists the two digit alphabetic postal code state abbreviation.

DISTRICT

Location:

Start: 12
Width: 2

Variable Text: District Represented by the Member in the Congress of Record  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

01.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

02.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

03.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

04.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

05.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

06.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

07.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

08.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

09.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

10.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

11.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

12.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

13.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

14.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

15.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

16.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

17.

SINGLE MEM1BER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

18.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

19.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

20.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

21.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

22.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

23.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

24.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

25.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

26.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

27.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

28.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

29.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

30.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

31.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

32.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

33.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

34.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

35.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

36.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

37.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

38.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

39.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

40.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

41.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

42.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

43.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

44.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

45.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

46.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

47.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

48.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

49.

SINGLE MEMBER AND PLURAL DISTRICTS

50.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

51.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

52.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

53.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

54.

REPRESENTA55TIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

55.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

56.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

57.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

58.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

59.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

60.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

61.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

62.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

63.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

64.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

65.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

66.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

67.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

68.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

69.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

70.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

71.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

72.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

73.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED ON A GENERAL TICKET

88.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

89.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

90.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

91.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

92.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

93.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

94.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

95.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

96.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

97.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

98.

REPRESENTATIVES ELECTED FROM AT-LARGE DISTRICTS

99.

UNKNOWN OR NOT ASCERTAINED

-1.

INAP., SENATOR; MD

Notes: This variable includes codes for standard single member districts, at-large districts, and districts in which the Representative was elected on a general ticket. The district number itself is used as the value given here for single member districts as well as any so-called "plural districts". The practice of electing several Representatives from the same district disappeared by about 1830 and was limited to Kentucky, Maryland, New York, and Pennsylvania. These plural districts are not distinguished by a special code but they can be identified by the presence of several Representatives, all regularly elected, who have the same district number. The code values for the single member and plural districts range from 1 to 49, inclusive. Districts in which the Representative was elected on a general ticket are coded in the range 50 through 70, inclusive. In some states, Representatives were elected at-large (on a general ticket) but did represent specific districts. A Representative elected on a general ticket to represent district 1 would be coded 51 here. At-large districts within a state are coded in descending order beginning with the value 98 according to the alphabetic order of the candidates' last names. Hence, Anderson would be coded as 98, Brown as 97, Carlson as 96, and so on.

PARTY

Location:

Start: 14
Width: 4

Variable Text: The Political Party with which the Member was affiliated during the Congress of Record  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0001.

FEDERALIST

0008.

ANTI-DEMOCRAT

0009. .

Jefferson Republican

0010. .

Anti-Federalist

0011. .

Jefferson Democrat

0012. .

Old Republican

0013. .

Democrat-Republican

0014. .

Clinton Democrat

0020. .

Adams Republican

0021. .

Adams Anti-Democrat

0022. .

Adams Democrat

0023. .

Adams Supporter

0024. .

John Quincy Adams Democrat

0025. .

National Republican

0026. .

Anti-Masonic

0027. .

Anti-Masonic Whig

0028. .

Clay Democrat

0029. .

Whig

0030. .

Henry Clay Whig

0031. .

High Tariff Whig

0032. .

Harrison Whig

0033. .

Whig and Anti-Masonic

0034. .

Whig and Democrat

0035. .

Law and Order Whig

0036. .

Old Line Whig

0037. .

Constitutional Union

0038. .

Liberation Whig

0040. .

Anti-Democrat and States Rights

0041. .

Anti-Jackson Democrat

0042. .

Calhoun Democrat

0043. .

Calhoun Nullifer

0044. .

Nullifer

0045. .

Nullifer Democrat

0046. .

States Rights Democrat

0047. .

States Rights Free Trader

0048..

States Rights Whig

0049. .

Tyler Democrat

0100. .

Democrat

0101. .

Jackson Democrat

0102. .

Jackson Free Statesmen

0103. .

Democrat and Anti-Mason

0104. .

Van Buren Democrat

0105. .

Conservative Democrat

0106. .

Anti-Nebraska Democrat

0107. .

Douglas Democrat

0108. .

Anti-Lecompton Democrat

0109. .

Missouri Compromise Democrat

0110. .

Popular Sovereignty Democrat

0111. .

Anti-Broderick Democrat

0112. .

Conservative

0113. .

Fusion Democrat

0114. .

Readjuster

0115..

Tammany Democrat

0116. .

Anti-Tammany Democrat

0117. .

Protection-Tariff Democrat

0118. .

Tariff-For-Revenue Democrat

0119. .

United Democrat

0120. .

Liberal Democrat

0200. .

Republican

0201. .

Radical Republican

0202. .

Union Conservative

0203. .

Unconditional Union

0204. .

Union Whig

0205. .

Union War Candidate

0206. .

Unionist

0207. .

States Rights War Democrat

0208. .

Liberal Republican

0209. .

Liberal Republican and Democrat

0210. .

Republican and Union Labor

0211..

Protectionist

0212. .

United Republican

0213..

Progressive Republican

0214. .

Republican and Non-Partisan

0215. .

War Democrat

0300. .

Free Soil

0301. .

Free Soil Democrat

0302. .

Free Soil Whig

0303. .

Whig and Free Soiler

0304. .

Anti-Slavery

0305. .

Anti-Slavery Whig

0306. .

Free-Soil Temperance and Know-Nothing(American)

0307. .

Ultra-Abolitionist

0308. .

Free Soil American and Democrat

0310. .

American

0311. .

American and Republican

0312. .

National American

0313. .

Native American Democrat

0314. .

Democrat and American

0315. .

Whig and American

0320. .

Greenback

0321. .

Greenback Democrat

0322. .

Greenback and Democrat

0323. .

Greenback Labor Reform

0324. .

Democrat and Greenback

0325. .

Democrat and Greenback Labor

0326. .

National Greenback

0327. .

National Greenback and Democrat

0328. .

Independent

0329. .

Independent and Democrat

0330. .

Independent Democrat

0331. .

Independent Republican

0332. .

Independent Radical

0333. .

Independent Republican and Democrat

0334. .

National and Democrat

0335. .

National Anti-Monopolist

0336. .

Anti-Monopolist

0337. .

Anti-Monopolist Democrat

0338. .

Republican Greenback

0339..

Democrat and Liberal

0340. .

Populist

0341. .

People's

0342..

People's and Democrat

0343. .

Populist and Democrat

0344. .

Populist, Democrat, and People's

0345. .

Populist and Silver Democrat

0346. .

Democrat and Populist

0347. .

Democrat, People's and Prohibitionists

0348. .

Farmers' Alliance

0349. .

Farmers' Alliance and Prohibitionists

0351. .

Alliance Democrat

0352..

Free Silver Republican

0353. .

Independent Silver Republican

0354. .

Silver Republican

0355. .

Union Laborite

0356. .

Union Labor and Democrat

0357. .

Non-Partisan League

0360. .

Democrat and Prohibition

0361..

Prohibition

0362. .

Prohibition and Democrat

0370. .

Progressive

0380. .

Socialist

0400. .

Feliciana Republican

0401. .

Fusionist

0402. .

Liberal

0403. .

Law and Order

0404. .

Radical

0500. .

Prohibition, Democrat-Republican and Progressive

0501. .

Labor

0505. .

Socialist Labor

0515. .

Democrat and Labor

0522. .

American Labor

0528. .

Union Democrat

0537. .

Farmer Labor

0567. .

Democrat and Citizen

0659. .

Opposition Republican

0749. .

Republican-Democrat

0809. .

Democrat, Farmer-Labor

0908..

Non-Partisan

1010..

Northern Democrat

1116. .

Conservative Republican

1160. .

Silver-Republican-Democrat

9000..

Party Identification Unknown

9000 TO 9998: PARTY IDENTIFICATION UNKNOWN

9998..

Party Identification Unknown

9000 TO 9998: PARTY IDENTIFICATION UNKNOWN

9999.

Unknown

-001.

MD

Notes: This four digit numeric code corresponds to the system used in the ICPSR Collection of Historical Election Returns, 1788-1968. (V91 in this dataset gives alphabetic abbreviations for the major parties).

POL PARTY

Location:

Start: 18
Width: 2

Variable Text: POLITICAL PARTY  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

01.

DEMOCRAT

02.

REPUBLICAN

03.

WHIG

04.

FEDERALIST

05.

ANTI-MONOPOLIST

06.

AMERICAN

07.

INDEPENDENT

08.

FREE SOIL

09.

POPULIST

10.

FARM LABOR

11.

CONSERVATIVE

12.

GREENBACK

13.

SOCIALIST

14.

LIBERAL

15.

ANTI-MASON

17.

UNION LABOR

18.

PROGRESSIVE

-1.

MD

Notes: A two digit code, corresponding to the system used by Carroll McKibbin in the study, BIOGRAPHICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF MEMBERS OF THE UNITED STATES CONGRESS (ICPSR 7428). The party affiliation held the longest is the one coded for members associated with more than one political party. Code 07, Independent, includes both those for whom no party affiliation is mentioned in the BDAC and those who were elected as Independents.

FULL NAME

Location:

Start: 20
Width: 25

Variable Text: MEMBER'S FULL NAME (LAST, FIRST, MIDDLE)  (link)

Notes: If a member's name does not fill 25 columns, blanks are used in the remaining spaces.

SEX

Location:

Start: 45
Width: 1

Variable Text: SEX

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

1.

MALE

2.

FEMALE

9.

MD

REGION

Location:

Start: 46
Width: 1

Variable Text: REGION  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

NEW ENGLAND

1.

MIDDLE ATLANTIC

2.

EAST NORTH CENTRAL

3.

WEST NORTH CENTRAL

4.

SOUTH

5.

BORDER

6.

MOUNTAIN

7.

PACIFIC

8.

EXTERNAL

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: The variable was derived by taking the first digit of the ICPSR state code. (V4).

Notes: The ICPSR code for the geographic region of the country in which the member's state is found.

STATE BORN (ICPSR CODE)

Location:

Start: 47
Width: 2

Variable Text: STATE OF BIRTH

NEW ENGLAND

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

01.

CONNECTICUT

02.

MAINE

03.

MASSACHUSETTS

04.

NEW HAMPSHIRE

05.

RHODE ISLAND

06.

VERMONT

-1.

MD

MIDDLE ATLANTIC

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

11.

DELAWARE

12.

NEW JERSEY

13.

NEW YORK

14.

PENNSYLVANIA

-1.

MD

EAST NORTH CENTRAL

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

21.

ILLINOIS

22.

INDIANA

23.

MICHIGAN

24.

OHIO

25.

WISCONSIN

-1.

MD

WEST NORTH CENTRAL

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

31.

IOWA

32.

KANSAS

33.

MINNESOTA

34.

MISSOURI

35.

NEBRASKA

36.

NORTH DAKOTA

37.

SOUTH DAKOTA

-1.

MD

SOLID SOUTH

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

40.

VIRGINIA

41.

ALABAMA

42.

ARKANSAS

43.

FLORIDA

44.

GEORGIA

45.

LOUISIANA

46.

MISSISSIPPI

47.

NORTH CAROLINA

48.

SOUTH CAROLINA

49.

TEXAS

-1.

MD

BORDER STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

51.

KENTUCKY

52.

MARYLAND

53.

OKLAHOMA

54.

TENNESSEE

55.

WASHINGTON, D.C.

56.

WEST VIRGINIA

-1.

MD

MOUNTAIN STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

61.

ARIZONA

62.

COLORADO

63.

IDAHO

64.

MONTANA

65.

NEVADA

66.

NEW MEXICO

67.

UTAH

68.

WYOMING

-1.

MD

PACIFIC STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

71.

CALIFORNIA

72.

OREGON

73.

WASHINGTON

-1.

MD

NONCONTINENTAL STATES

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

UNKNOWN OR BORN IN A FOREIGN COUNTRY

81.

ALASKA

82.

HAWAII

-1.

MD

BORN / REP SAME STATE

Location:

Start: 49
Width: 1

Variable Text: BORN IN AND REPRESENTED THE SAME STATE  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

REPRESENTED STATE IN WHICH BORN

1.

DID NOT REPRESENT STATE IN WHICH BORN

9.

MD

Notes: This variable indicates whether the member represented his/her state of birth.

BORN / REP SAME REGION

Location:

Start: 50
Width: 1

Variable Text: BORN IN AND REPRESENTED THE SAME REGION  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

REPRESENTED REGION IN WHICH BORN

1.

DID NOT REPRESENT REGION IN WHICH BORN

9.

MD

Notes: This variable indicates whether the member represented his/her region of birth.

ICPSR RELATIVES CODE

Location:

Start: 51
Width: 2

Variable Text: Relationship of Individual to Others Who Have Served in Congress.  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

NONE MENTIONED IN BDAC OR OTHER SOURCES

01.

FATHER / MOTHER

02. .

Son/Daughter

03. .

Grandfather

04. .

Grandson/Granddaughter

05. .

Uncle

06. .

Nephew/Niece

07. .

Brother/Sister

08. .

Cousin

09. .

Husband

10. .

Wife or Widow

11. .

Father-in-law

12. .

Son-in-law

13. .

Great-grandfather

14. .

Great-grandson

15. .

Great-uncle

16. .

Great-nephew

17. .

Brother-in-law/Sister-in-law

18. .

Second cousin

21. .

Stepfather

22. .

Stepson/Stepdaughter

23. .

Great-great-grandfather

24. .

Great-great-grandson

25. .

Great-great-uncle

26. .

Great-great-nephew

27. .

Stepbrother/Stepsister or Halfbrother/Halfsister

34. .

Great-great-great-grandson

-1. .

MD

Notes: This code refers only to the first relative mentioned in BDAC or other sources of information. For example, if a member is the daughter of a congressman '02' would be coded here.

RELATIVES CLLPS

Location:

Start: 53
Width: 1

Variable Text: COLLAPSED VERSION OF RELATIVES CODE

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

THE MEMBER HAD NO RELATIVES WHO SERVED IN CONGRESS

1.

THE MEMBER HAD AT LEAST ONE RELATIVE WHO SERVED IN CONGRESS

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: THIS IS A COLLAPSED VERSION OF V14

SECONDARY EDUC

Location:

Start: 54
Width: 1

Variable Text: SECONDARY EDUCATION  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

UNKNOWN

1.

Public Schools, or type of secondary education not specified

2.

Private Schools, including parochial

9.

MD

Notes: The BDAC and other sources include many imprecise references to the secondary education of members. If there is no mention of such schooling, the code value '0' applies, and if there is mention of the member receiving a secondary education but not specifically from a private school, the code value '1' applies. Members first elected or appointed to the 102nd Congress or to subsequent Congresses are coded 1 if a college education is mentioned but no secondary education is reported.

COLLEGE ATTENDED

Location:

Start: 55
Width: 3

Variable Text: COLLEGE ATTENDED  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

000.

NO COLLEGE ATTENDANCE OR NONE MENTIONED

009.

FOREIGN COLLEGE (NO AMERICAN COLLEGE ATTENDED)

110. .

Connecticut State Universities

111. .

Yale

119. .

Connecticut Colleges

120. .

Maine State Universities

129..

Maine Colleges Colleges

130..

Massachusetts State Universities

131..

Harvard

139. .

Massachusetts Colleges

140. .

New Hampshire State Universities

142..

Dartmouth

149. .

New Hampshire Colleges

150. .

Rhode Island State Universities

151. .

Brown

159. .

Rhode Island Colleges

160. .

Vermont State Universities

169. .

Vermont Colleges

220. .

New Jersey State Universities

221. .

Princeton

222. .

Rutgers

229. .

New Jersey Colleges

250. .

New York State Universities

251. .

Columbia

252. .

Cornell

253. .

West Point

259. .

New York Colleges

270. .

Pennsylvania State Universities

271. .

Pennsylvania University

279. .

Pennsylvania Colleges

310. .

Delaware State Universities

319. .

Delaware Colleges

320. .

Maryland State Universities

329. .

Maryland Colleges

330. .

District of Columbia Universities

331. .

George Washington University

332. .

Georgetown University

339. .

District of Columbia Colleges

340. .

Virginia State Universities

341. .

Richmond University

349. .

Virginia Colleges

350. .

West Virginia State Universities

359. .

West Virginia Colleges

360. .

North Carolina State Universities

369. .

North Carolina Colleges

370. .

South Carolina State Universities

379. .

South Carolina Colleges

380. .

Georgia State Universities

389. .

Georgia Colleges

390. .

Florida State Universities

399. .

Florida Colleges

410. .

Illinois State Universities

411. .

Chicago University

412. .

Northwestern University

419. .

Illinois Colleges

420. .

Michigan State Universities

429. .

Michigan Colleges

430. .

Ohio State Universities

439. .

Ohio Colleges

440. .

Wisconsin State Universities

449. .

Wisconsin Colleges

450. .

Indiana State Universities

451. .

Notre Dame

459. .

Indiana Colleges

510. .

Iowa State Universities

512. .

Iowa State University

519. .

Iowa Colleges

520. .

Kansas State Universities

529. .

Kansas Colleges

530. .

Minnesota State Universities

539. .

Minnesota Colleges

540. .

Missouri State Universities

549. .

Missouri Colleges

550. .

Nebraska State Universities

559. .

Nebraska Colleges

560. .

North Dakota State Universities

569. .

North Dakota Colleges

570. .

South Dakota State Universities

579. .

South Dakota Colleges

610. .

Kentucky State Universities

619. .

Kentucky Colleges

620. .

Tennessee State Universities

621. .

Vanderbilt

629. .

Tennessee Colleges

630. .

Alabama State Universities

639. .

Alabama Colleges

640. .

Mississippi State Universities

649. .

Mississippi Colleges

710. .

Arkansas State Universities

719. .

Arkansas Colleges

720. .

Louisiana State Universities

729. .

Louisiana Colleges

730. .

Oklahoma State Universities

739. .

Oklahoma Colleges

740. .

Texas State Universities

749. .

Texas Colleges

810. .

Montana State Universities

819. .

Montana Colleges

820..

Idaho State Universities

829. .

Idaho Colleges

830. .

Wyoming State Universities

839. .

Wyoming Colleges

840. .

Colorado State Universities

849. .

Colorado Colleges

850. .

New Mexico Universities

859. .

New Mexico Colleges

860. .

Arizona State Universities

869. .

Arizona Colleges

870. .

Utah State Universities

879. .

Utah Colleges

880. .

Nevada State Universities

889. .

Nevada Colleges

910. .

California State Universities

911. .

Stanford

912. .

California Institute of Technology

919. .

California Colleges

920. .

Oregon State Universities

929. .

Oregon Colleges

930. .

Washington State Universities

939. .

Washington Colleges

940. .

Alaska State Universities

949. .

Alaska Colleges

950. .

Hawaii State Universities

959. .

Hawaii Colleges

-01. .

MD

Notes: Only the last college or university attended was coded. A foreign college is coded only if there was no attendance at a college in the United States. The first two digits of the code are the same as the McKibbin State Code (see above). A value of '0' in the last digit indicates attendance at a state university. A value of '9' in the last digit indicates attendance at a college other than a state university.

COLLEGE ATTENDED CLLPS

Location:

Start: 58
Width: 1

Variable Text: COLLAPSED VERSION OF COLLEGE ATTENDED

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No college attended or none mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Attended a state university

2.

Attended a Ivy League school (Yale, Harvard, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Pennsylvania, Dartmouth, Cornell, Rutgers, West Point)

3.

Attended other colleges and universities

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: THIS VARIABLE IS A COLLAPSED VERSION OF V17

MILITARY SERVICE

Location:

Start: 59
Width: 1

Variable Text: MILITARY SERVICE  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No Military service mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Enlisted rank, non-officer or rank unspecified

2.

Lieutenant/Ensign, or officer with rank unspecified

3.

Captain/Lieutenant

4.

Major/Lieutenant Commander

5.

Lieutenant Colonel/Commander

6.

Colonel/Captain

7.

General/Admiral

9.

MD

Notes: The highest rank prior to Congressional service is coded. An individual who was known to be an officer is coded here as '2' when no more specific information is available. If a Member had some military service but with no rank specified, this variable is coded '1'. The Navy equivalent to an Army rank is listed second.

MIL SVCE CLLPS

Location:

Start: 60
Width: 1

Variable Text: COLLAPSED VERSION OF MILITARY SERVICE

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No military service was mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Enlisted rank, non-officer or rank unspecified

2.

Officer

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: THIS VARIABLE IS A COLLAPSED VERSION OF V19

LAST OCCUPATION PRE-CONG

Location:

Start: 61
Width: 2

Variable Text: LAST MAJOR OCCUPATION PRIOR TO SERVICE IN CONGRESS

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

Either none mentioned in BDAC or other sources, unknown, or no non-public service

1.

Retired

2. .

Secondary School Teacher

3. .

High School Administrator

4. .

College Administrator

5. .

College Professor

6. .

Public policy analyst

7. .

Political activist

8. .

Teacher, not specified whether secondary or elementary

10. .

Lawyer

11. .

Doctor/Dentist/Veterinarian

12. .

Journalist/Publisher

13. .

Minister/Priest

14. .

Architect/Urban Planner

15. .

Librarian

16. .

Accountant/Economist

17. .

Engineer

18. .

Social Worker

19. .

Mortician

20. .

Actor

21. .

Professional Athlete

30. .

Soldier

31. .

Surveyor

40..

Radio and Television

41. .

Public Relations/Lobbyist

42. .

Advertising

43. .

Salaried Political Party Officer

50. .

Business (Transportation)

51. .

Business (Investments)

52. .

Business (Contractor)

53. .

Business (Manufacturer)

54. .

Business (Agriculture/Farming)

55. .

Business (Banking)

56..

Business (Retailing)

57. .

Business (Mining/Petroleum)

58. .

Business (Real Estate)

59. .

Business (Insurance)

60. .

Business (Unspecified)

61. .

Communication company executive

62. .

Charity Organizer

69. .

Tailor

70. .

Laborer

71. .

Union Officer

72. .

Slave

80. .

Author

90. .

Hospital Administrator

91. .

Educational Administrator

92. .

Public School Guidance Counselor

93. .

Association Director/CEO

94. .

Political Consultant/Researcher

95. .

Pharmacist

96. .

Medical office manager

-1. .

MD

LAST OCC PRE-CONG CLLPS

Location:

Start: 63
Width: 1

Variable Text: COLLAPSED VERSION OF LAST OCCUPATION PRIOR TO SERVICE

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

None, unknown, retired or no non-public service

(includes V21 codes 00, 01)

1.

Education

(includes V21 codes 02-05, 08, 91-92)

2.

Lawyer

(includes V21 code 10)

3.

Professional

(includes V21 codes 11-19)

4.

Business

(includes V21 codes 50-53, 55-60)

5.

Agriculture

(includes V21 code 54)

6.

Miscellaneous

(includes V21 codes 06, 07, 20-43, 61-90, 93-96)

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: THIS IS A COLLAPSED VERSION OF V21

LST N-J MUN OFC PRE-CONG

Location:

Start: 64
Width: 2

Variable Text: LAST MUNICIPAL OFFICE HELD PRIOR TO SERVICE IN CONGRESS

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

NONE MENTIONED IN BDAC OR OTHER SOURCES

01.

CITY TREASURER

02.

CITY COUNCIL

03.

MAYOR

04.

SCHOOL COMMISSIONER / SCHOOL BOARD

05.

COMMISSIONER

06.

CITY CLERK

07.

TOWN SUPERVISOR

93.

BOARD MEMBER / SELECTMAN / ALDERMAN

94.

CIVIL SERVANT

95.

ASSESSOR

96.

JUSTICE OF THE PEACE

97.

CITY ATTORNEY

-1.

MD

LST N-J MUN PRE-CN CLLPS

Location:

Start: 66
Width: 1

Variable Text: Collapsed Version of Last Municipal Office Prior to Service  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No service in a municipal office mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Some municipal office was held

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: This is a collapsed version of V23.

Notes: The only judicial office included in this variable is Justice of the Peace

ANY MUN PRE-CN CLLPS

Location:

Start: 67
Width: 1

Variable Text: Any Municipal Office Held Prior to Service in Congress

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No service in a municipal office was mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Some service in a municipal office, including municipal judgeship

(Coded '4' on V36).

9.

MD

LST N-J CTY OFC PRE-CONG

Location:

Start: 68
Width: 2

Variable Text: Last Non-Judicial County Office Held Prior to Service

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

None mentioned in BDAC or other sources

01.

County Attorney, Prosecuting Attorney

02. .

Clerk

03. .

Sheriff

04. .

Commissioner

05..

Register of Deeds

06. .

Assessor

07. .

Auditor

08. .

Treasurer

09. .

Surveyor

10. .

Coroner

11. .

Superintendent of Schools

12. .

Probation Officer

13. .

Public Administrator

14. .

County Supervisor

15. .

County Legislator

16. .

County Comptroller

94. .

Board Member

95. .

Civil Servant

96. .

Surrogate

97. .

Probate Officer

98. .

Jail Inspector

-1. .

MD

LST N-J CTY PRE-CN CLLPS

Location:

Start: 70
Width: 1

Variable Text: Collapsed Version of Last Non-Judicial County Office Held

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No holding of a county office mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Some county office was held

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: This variable is a collapsed version of V26.

ANY CTY PRE-CN CLLPS

Location:

Start: 71
Width: 1

Variable Text: Service in Any County Office Held Prior to Service in Congress

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No holding of a county office mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Some county office was held, including county judgeship

(Coded '2' on V36)

9.

MD

ANY LOCAL OFC PRE-CONG

Location:

Start: 72
Width: 1

Variable Text: Service in Any Local Office Held Prior to Service in Congress  (link)

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No local office mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Any local office

9.

MD

Notes: A code value of '1' denotes any service, including judicial, on the municipal or county level.

LST N-J STA OFC PRE-CONG

Location:

Start: 73
Width: 2

Variable Text: Last Non-Judicial State Office Held Prior to Service

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

00.

None, none mentioned in BDAC or other sources

02.

Representative (House)

03..

Senator

04. .

Governor

05. .

Secretary of State, Assistant Secretary of State

06. .

Auditor

07. .

Lieutenant Governor

08. .

Treasurer

09. .

Attorney General, Assistant Attorney General

10. .

Comptroller

11. .

Court Reporter

12. .

Hearing Examiner

13. .

Secretary of Labor and Industry

14. .

Secretary of Agriculture

82. .

Chairman of Task Force

84. .

Commissioner

85. .

Governor's Staff

86. .

Council Member

87. .

Civil Servant

88. .

Board Member

89. .

Legislative Clerk

90. .

Commissioner

91. .

Court Reporter

92. .

State Superintendent of Schools

93. .

Commissioner

94. .

University Regent or Trustee

95. .

Warden

96. .

District Attorney

98. .

Adjutant General

-1. .

MD

LST N-J STA PRE-CN CLLPS

Location:

Start: 75
Width: 1

Variable Text: Collapsed Version of Last Non-Judicial State Office Prior to Service in the Congress

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No state office mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Some state office held.

9.

MD

Derivation

  • Description: This variable is the collapsed version of V30.

ANY STA PRE-CN CLLPS

Location:

Start: 76
Width: 1

Variable Text: Any State Office Held Prior to Service in Congress

Value

Label

Frequency

Text

0.

No state office mentioned in BDAC or other sources

1.

Any state office, including state judgeship

(Coded '1' on V36)

9.

MD

LST N-J FED OFC PRE-CONG

Location:

Start: 77
Width: 2

Variable Text: Last Non-Judicial Federal Office Held Prior to Service