U.S. Congressional Historical Statistics, 1789-1989

United States Congressional data spanning two centuries, from 1789 to 1989. The dataset was compiled by author Elaine K. Swift and is hosted on the paperswithcode platform. Its specific variables and volume are not detailed in the available metadata.

Use Cases

• Analyze trends in congressional demographics or voting behavior over time (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Train models to predict legislative outcomes based on historical features (inferred from domain, verify after download)
• Study the evolution of political representation and party dynamics (inferred from domain, verify after download)

Strengths

• Published on paperswithcode
• Covers a 200-year time range from 1789 to 1989

Limitations

• Metadata is minimal; actual content requires verification after download
• Column-level documentation is absent; field semantics must be inferred after download
• License is listed as closed, which may restrict usage

Provenance

Source

Elaine K. Swift

Collection Method

Compilation method is unknown

Time Range

1789-1989

Freshness

Last updated date is unknown

Geography

United States