House of Representatives tenure

Data measuring how long all 168 women who were elected to the U.S. House of Representatives between 1919 and 1996 remained in office. Representatives were followed for up to eight terms or until 1998.

Usage

congresswomen

Format

A person-level data frame with 168 rows and 5 columns:

id

Participant ID.

name

Representative name.

terms

Number of terms in office.

censor

Censoring status.

democrat

Party affiliation.