Dataset: Ages Of Members Of The U.S. Congress Dataset

Column	Description
congress	Number of the congressional session
chamber	Chamber of Congress (House or Senate)
bioguide	Biographical directory ID for the member
firstname	First name of the member
middlename	Middle name of the member (if any)
lastname	Last name of the member
suffix	Name suffix (e.g., Jr., Sr., III), if applicable
birthday	Birth date of the member (YYYY-MM-DD)
state	State represented by the member
party	Political party affiliation
incumbent	Indicator of whether the member was an incumbent during that congressional session
termstart	Start date of the member's term in that session (YYYY-MM-DD)
age	Age of the member at the start of the term

congress Congress	chamber Chamber	bioguide Bioguide	firstname Firstname	middlename Middlename	lastname Lastname	birthday Birthday	state State	party Party	incumbent Incumbent	termstart Termstart	age Age
80	house	M000112	Joseph	Jefferson	Mansfield	Sat Feb 09 1861 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	TX	D	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	85.9
80	house	D000448	Robert	Lee	Doughton	Sat Nov 07 1863 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	NC	D	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	83.2
80	house	S000001	Adolph	Joachim	Sabath	Wed Apr 04 1866 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	IL	D	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	80.7
80	house	E000023	Charles	Aubrey	Eaton	Sun Mar 29 1868 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	NJ	R	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	78.8
80	house	L000296	William		Lewis	Tue Sep 22 1868 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	KY	R	No	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	78.3
80	house	G000017	James	A.	Gallagher	Sat Jan 16 1869 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	PA	R	No	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	78
80	house	W000265	Richard	Joseph	Welch	Sat Feb 13 1869 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	CA	R	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	77.9
80	house	B000565	Sol		Bloom	Wed Mar 09 1870 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	NY	D	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	76.8
80	house	H000943	Merlin		Hull	Sun Dec 18 1870 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	WI	R	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	76
80	house	G000169	Charles	Laceille	Gifford	Wed Mar 15 1871 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	MA	R	Yes	Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)	75.8

congress

Congress

chamber

Chamber

bioguide

Bioguide

firstname

Firstname

middlename

Middlename

lastname

Lastname

suffix

Suffix

birthday

Birthday

state

State

party

Party

incumbent

Incumbent

termstart

Termstart

age

Age

house

M000112

Joseph

Jefferson

Mansfield

Sat Feb 09 1861 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

85.9

house

D000448

Robert

Lee

Doughton

Sat Nov 07 1863 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

83.2

house

S000001

Adolph

Joachim

Sabath

Wed Apr 04 1866 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

80.7

house

E000023

Charles

Aubrey

Eaton

Sun Mar 29 1868 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

78.8

house

L000296

William

Lewis

Tue Sep 22 1868 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

78.3

house

G000017

James

Gallagher

Sat Jan 16 1869 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

house

W000265

Richard

Joseph

Welch

Sat Feb 13 1869 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

77.9

house

B000565

Sol

Bloom

Wed Mar 09 1870 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

76.8

house

H000943

Merlin

Hull

Sun Dec 18 1870 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

house

G000169

Charles

Laceille

Gifford

Wed Mar 15 1871 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

Yes

Fri Jan 03 1947 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)

75.8

CREATE TABLE congress_terms ( "congress" BIGINT, "chamber" VARCHAR, "bioguide" VARCHAR, "firstname" VARCHAR, "middlename" VARCHAR, "lastname" VARCHAR, "suffix" VARCHAR, "birthday" TIMESTAMP, "state" VARCHAR, "party" VARCHAR, "incumbent" VARCHAR, "termstart" TIMESTAMP, "age" DOUBLE );

Ages Of Members Of The U.S. Congress Dataset

Table List

Congress Members By Session With Age And Demographics

@fivethirtyeight.congress_age.congress_terms

congress

chamber

bioguide

firstname

middlename

lastname

suffix

birthday

state

party

incumbent

termstart

age

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