Numeric counter for order in THOMAS data from 93rd - 110th Congresses
Legislator name, as given in THOMAS
ICPSR number, according to Poole and Rosenthal
Congress number
Year at start of Congress
Two-letter state code
Congressional district number
1 = Democrat
1 = majority party member
Year first elected to House
1 = female
1 = African American
1 = Latino/a
Percent vote received to enter this Congress
votepct squared
First-dimension DW-NOMINATE score
Absolute distance from floor median (DW-NOMINATE)
Absolute distance from majority party median (DW-NOMINATE)
Size of House delegation from member's state
1= Speaker
1 = Committee chair
1 = Subcommittee chair
1 = Member of Appropriation, Rules, or Ways and Means
1 = Member of Budget
Seniority, number of terms served counting current
Seniority squared
1 = served in state legislature
state_leg * state legislature professionalism
1 = Majority party leadership
1 = Minority party leadership
11 states of confederacy and OK and KY
1 = Southern Democrat
Number of substantive and significant bills sponsored
Number of substantive and significant bills with action in committee
Number of substantive and significant bills with action beyond committee
Number of substantive and significant bills passed House
Number of substantive and significant bills became law
Number of substantive bills sponsored
Number of substantive bills with action in committee
Number of substantive bills with action beyond committee
Number of substantive bills passed House
Number of substantive bills became law
Number of commemorative bills sponsored
Number of commemorative bills with action in committee
Number of commemorative bills with action beyond committee
Number of commemorative bills passed House
Number of commemorative bills became law
Total bills sponsored
Total bills with action in committee
Total bills with action beyond committee
Total bills passed House
Total bills became law
Legislative Effectiveness Score (1-5-10)
Lagged LES