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
Year first elected to House
1 = female
Percent vote received to enter this Congress
First-dimension DW-NOMINATE score
Second-dimension DW-NOMINATE score
Size of House delegation from member's state
1= Speaker
1 = subcommittee chair (or vice chair), according to Almanac of American Politic
1 = African American
1 = Latino/a
votepct squared
1 = Member of Appropriation, Rules, or Ways and Means
1 = committee chair, according to Almanac of American Politics
1 = served in state legislature
state_leg * state legislature professionalism
1 = majority party member
1 = Majority party leadership
1 = Minority party leadership
Absolute distance from floor median (DW-NOMINATE)
Absolute distance from majority party median (DW-NOMINATE)
Lagged LES
Dummy = 1 if in first partial or full term, nonconsecutive
Seniority, number of terms served counting current
100=Dem, 200=Rep, Other
Name in bioguide
Indicator for member in bioguide
Year born
Year died, as of 2020
Number of commemorative bills sponsored by this member
Number of commemorative bills receiving action in committee
Number of commemorative standalone bills receiving action beyond committee
Number of commemorative standalone bills passing House
Number of commemorative standalone bills becoming law
Number of substantive bills sponsored by this member
Number of substantive bills receiving action in committee
Number of substantive standalone bills receiving action beyond committee
Number of substantive standalone bills passing House
Number of substantive standalone bills becoming law
Number of substantive and significant bills sponsored by this member
Number of substantive and significant bills receiving action in committee
Number of substantive and significant standalone bills receiving action beyond c
Number of substantive and significant standalone bills passing House
Number of substantive and significant standalone bills becoming law
LES 1.0
Total number of bills sponsored by this member
Total number of standalone bills passing House
Total number of bills receiving action in committee
Total number of standalone bills receiving action beyond committee
Total number of standalone bills becoming law
Benchmark score (Classic) based on majority, seniority, chairs
LES/benchmark (Classic)
1 = Below, 2 = Meets, 3 = Above, Based on Classic LES