United States House of Representatives historical make-up
Description
The make-up of the United States House of Representatives every two years since 1789. The last Congress included is the 112th Congress, which completed its term in 2013.
Usage
house
Format
A data frame with 112 observations on the following 12 variables.
- congress
The number of that year's Congress
- year_start
Starting year
- year_end
Ending year
- seats
Total number of seats
- p1
Name of the first political party
- np1
Number of seats held by the first political party
- p2
Name of the second political party
- np2
Number of seats held by the second political party
- other
Other
- vac
Vacancy
- del
Delegate
- res
Resident commissioner
Source
Party Divisions of the House of Representatives, 1789 to Present. https://history.house.gov/Institution/Party-Divisions/Party-Divisions.