The 119th Congressional Districts dataset reflects boundaries from January 3rd, 2025 from the United States Census Bureau (USCB), and the attributes are updated every Sunday from the United States House of Representatives and is part of the U.S. Department of Transportation (USDOT)/Bureau of Transportation Statistics (BTS) National Transportation Atlas Database (NTAD). The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Information for each member of Congress is appended to the Census Congressional District shapefile using information from the Office of the Clerk, U.S. House of Representatives' website https://clerk.house.gov/xml/lists/MemberData.xml and its corresponding XML file. Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. This dataset also includes 9 geographies for non-voting at large delegate districts, resident commissioner districts, and congressional districts that are not defined. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 119th Congress is seated from January 3, 2025 through January 3, 2027. In Connecticut, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the CDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no CDs defined, the code "ZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single CD for purposes of data presentation. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by May 31, 2024. A data dictionary, or other source of attribute information, is accessible at https://doi.org/10.21949/1529006

Us House Congressional Representatives serving Macon-Bibb County.Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which members are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states, which is based on decennial census population counts, each state with multiple seats is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The boundaries and numbers shown for the congressional districts are those specified in the state laws or court orders establishing the districts within each state.

Congressional districts for the 108th through 112th sessions were established by the states based on the result of the 2000 Census. Congressional districts for the 113th through 115th sessions were established by the states based on the result of the 2010 Census. Boundaries are effective until January of odd number years (for example, January 2015, January 2017, etc.), unless a state initiative or court ordered redistricting requires a change. All states established new congressional districts in 2011-2012, with the exception of the seven single member states (Alaska, Delaware, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Vermont, and Wyoming).

For the states that have more than one representative, the Census Bureau requested a copy of the state laws or applicable court order(s) for each state from each secretary of state and each 2010 Redistricting Data Program state liaison requesting a copy of the state laws and/or applicable court order(s) for each state. Additionally, the states were asked to furnish their newly established congressional district boundaries and numbers by means of geographic equivalency files. States submitted equivalency files since most redistricting was based on whole census blocks. Kentucky was the only state where congressional district boundaries split some of the 2010 Census tabulation blocks. For further information on these blocks, please see the user-note at the bottom of the tables for this state.

The Census Bureau entered this information into its geographic database and produced tabulation block equivalency files that depicted the newly defined congressional district boundaries. Each state liaison was furnished with their file and requested to review, submit corrections, and certify the accuracy of the boundaries.

These data depict the 117th Congressional Districts and their representatives for the United States. Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which members are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states, which is based on decennial census population counts, each state with multiple seats is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The boundaries and numbers shown for the congressional districts are those specified in the state laws or court orders establishing the districts within each state.

US Congress Legislators Historical Data

A Detailed Dataset on Past and Present US Legislators' Profiles and Terms

By GovTrack [source]

About this dataset

This dataset provides comprehensive information on current and historical US legislators and their terms. The data includes diverse details, such as biographical data - names, gender, religion - along with IDs from multiple systems like Bioguide ID, FEC ID, GovTrack ID along with an official full name according to the House or Senate. It also captures alternate names used officially by legislators if they undergo a legal name change.

Moreover, the dataset also contains legislator identifiers from other websites such as OpenSecrets.org (an alphanumeric ID), VoteSmart.org (numeric stored as integer), VoteView.com (numeric stored as integer), C-SPAN's video website(numeric stored as integer), Wikipedia page names (alphanumeric), Ballotpedia page names(alphanumeric) and maplight.org(numeric).

Regarding the terms of each election held for legislators, key information found in this package includes state inclination in two-letter USPS abbreviation format alongside district numbers for representatives' service areas. For senators' specifics - there are inputs about their election class(1 2 or 3). Additionally captured are details around leadership roles – titles within parties plus dates of service.

Also included is rich contextual tell-tale about a legislator's political associations – party affiliations at both start & end dates indicating any switches during legislative term tenures.

The dataset extends itself beyond just being an academic resource; it helps build intuitive connections via RSS feeds URLs while offering details around their Washington DC office contact points – address suitably detailed room-wise plus phone/fax numbers alongside web URLs besides standalone contact page pointers.

Lastly but uniquely marks out official social media presence which includes Twitter handles/IDs & Facebook usernames/IDs further improving handle-based access for tools driven by API communication suggesting its utility not confined to structured academic research alone but extending to unstructured data handling digital companies specializing in sentiment analysis over multiple platforms/sources offering end-to-end integration or maybe be it organizations cross vérifying objective details over federal election claims by mapping FEC IDs to social media campaigns.

The dataset serves a wide array of researchers, policy analysts, political theorists, and technology centric analytics businesses. Conversely it can also help the curious public in learning about historical & current political landscapes in the US while checking their representatives' official web presence thereby fostering community engagement not just around elections but also during legislative tenures

How to use the dataset

This comprehensive dataset contains information on current and historical US Legislators and their terms. It can be used in a multitude of ways, such as academic research, journalism, policy making or for general interest. Here's a guide on how you can use this data:

Broad Overview:

Firstly, it's helpful to examine the broad layout of the data by taking an overall look at all files in the set: legislators-current.csv, legislators-historical.csv, legislators-current-terms.csv and legislators-historical-terms.csv.

The 'current' and 'historical' datasets pertain to sitting members of congress or those from past terms respectively.

The legislator files contain biographical information such as names (including possible name changes), gender and religion of each member whereas the term files hold details about their political careers including term type (senate or representative), state represented, district if relevant along with party affiliation.

Biographical Research:

You could use this data to create biographies for every legislator by collating personal information from first\_name, middle\_name, last\_name, suffix\_name, gender (gender_bio), birth date (birthday_bio) along with other identifying fields such as wikipedia_id and ballotpedia_id.

For instance - if you wanted to understand representation across genders over time, leverage the field gender_bio.

Political Trends Analysis:

Each legislator's movements through political roles over time is documented meticulously in these datasets. By filtering on specific IDs (like Thomas ID) you can get a chronological overview of their progression. Use this feature to understand shifting political trends within states or districts.

Through cross-referencing this dataset with...

This is a curated dataset made from the membership biographies at https://bioguide.congress.gov/. The original intent was to be able to look at the members of the House of Representatives in each Congress of the United States in alphabetical order and observe their party affiliation.

Us Senators serving Macon-Bibb County.The two Senators that serve the State of Georgia are Johnny Isakson and David Perdue.The United States Senate is the upper chamber of the United States Congress, which along with the United States House of Representatives—the lower chamber—comprise the legislature of the United States.The composition and powers of the Senate are established by Article One of the United States Constitution. The Senate is composed of senators, each of whom represents a single state in its entirety, with each state being equally represented by two senators, regardless of its population, serving staggered terms of six years; with fifty states presently in the Union, there are 100 U.S. Senators. From 1789 until 1913, Senators were appointed by legislatures of the states they represented; following the ratification of the Seventeenth Amendment in 1913, they are now popularly elected. The Senate chamber is located in the north wing of the Capitol, in Washington, D.C.As the upper house, the Senate has several powers of advice and consent which are unique to it; these include the ratification of treaties and the confirmation of Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices, federal judges, other federal executive officials, flag officers, regulatory officials, ambassadors, and other federal uniformed officers. In addition to these, in cases wherein no candidate receives a majority of electors for Vice President, the duty befalls upon the Senate to elect one of the top two recipients of electors for that office. It further has the responsibility of conducting trials of those impeached by the House. The Senate is widely considered both a more deliberative and more prestigious body than the House of Representatives due to its longer terms, smaller size, and statewide constituencies, which historically led to a more collegial and less partisan atmosphere.The presiding officer of the Senate is the Vice President of the United States, who is President of the Senate. In the Vice President's absence, the President Pro Tempore, who is customarily the senior member of the party holding a majority of seats, presides over the Senate. In the early 20th century, the practice of majority and minority parties electing their floor leaders began, although they are not constitutional officers.

This dataset provides information about political representatives from the United States, including their names, affiliations, and terms of office. The data is sourced from Congress.gov, the official website for U.S. federal legislative information.

Columns:

Name: The name of the political representative. URL: The URL to access more information about the representative on Congress.gov. State: The state associated with the representative. District: The district number associated with the representative. Party: The political party affiliation of the representative. Terms: The terms of office for the representative, indicating the duration or period they have served in the respective office. Data Source: Congress.gov (https://www.congress.gov)

Date Range: The dataset is current up to June 2023, capturing the latest available information about the political representatives.

Usage and Context: This dataset can be utilized for various purposes such as political analysis, studying representation patterns, understanding party affiliations, and examining the terms of office for individual representatives. Researchers, data analysts, and political enthusiasts can explore this dataset to gain insights into the composition and dynamics of political representatives in the United States.

The United States House of Representatives, usually referred to as the House, is the lower chamber of the United States Congress, with the Senate being the upper chamber. Together they compose the national bicameral legislature of the United States.

The dataset is about the current members of the House of Representatives which is 117th U.S. Congress whose time span (ideally scheduled) is Jan 20, 2021 to Jan 20, 2025. All the members of the Congress along with many information about them as attributes compose their dataset. All credits to Wikipedia from my side, I just scraped it. Real "author" is U.S. Citizens who decided who to vote for and House.gov is the first compiler of the dataset.

Download In State Plane Projection Here. Boundaries for electing representatives to the Illinois House as established by that body.Update Frequency:This dataset is updated on a weekly basis.

Data includes boundaries of Pennsylvania House of Representatives Legislative Districts, along with name and party affiliation of each district's legislator.

This is a series-level metadata record. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 118th Congress is seated from January 2023 through December 2024. In Connecticut, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the CDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no CDs defined, the code "ZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single CD for purposes of data presentation. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by August 31, 2022.

This resource is a member of a series. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 118th Congress is seated from January 2023 through December 2024. In Connecticut, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the CDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no CDs defined, the code "ZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single CD for purposes of data presentation. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by August 31, 2022.

This resource is a member of a series. The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) System (MTS). The MTS represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation. Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on decennial census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 119th Congress is seated from January 2025 through December 2026. States that had updates between the previous and current session include Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, New York, and North Carolina. In Connecticut, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the congressional districts to cover the entirety of the state or state equivalent area. In the areas with no congressional districts defined, the code "ZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single congressional district for purposes of data presentation. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by May 31, 2024.

The 2017 cartographic boundary shapefiles are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files.

Congressional Districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 115th Congress is seated from January 2017 to 2019. The cartographic boundary files for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by May 1, 2016, and were in effect during the November 2016 election.

The TIGER/Line shapefiles and related database files (.dbf) are an extract of selected geographic and cartographic information from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). The MTDB represents a seamless national file with no overlaps or gaps between parts, however, each TIGER/Line shapefile is designed to stand alone as an independent data set, or they can be combined to cover the entire nation.

Congressional Districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the States based on census population counts, each State is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a State as practicable. The 116th Congress is seated from January 2019 to 2021. The TIGER/Line shapefiles for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The boundaries of all other congressional districts reflect information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by May 1, 2018.

Content

The Business Service Representatives data set houses information about business service representatives across the state. These representatives are able to help businesses with their workforce needs.

Context

This is a dataset hosted by the State of New York. The state has an open data platform found here and they update their information according the amount of data that is brought in. Explore New York State using Kaggle and all of the data sources available through the State of New York organization page!

• Update Frequency: This dataset is updated monthly.

Acknowledgements

This dataset is maintained using Socrata's API and Kaggle's API. Socrata has assisted countless organizations with hosting their open data and has been an integral part of the process of bringing more data to the public.

Cover photo by Hunters Race on Unsplash
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A public map service depicting the spatial representation of the United States Congressional Districts of the 118th Congress. It includes common identifiers for these entities so this data set can be used in conjunction with other data sets describing Congressional Districts. This map service uses a generalized Congressional Districts layer for display at small scales. The house of representatives are included as a related standalone table and are also joined to the national extent boundaries.

Context

I wanted to make this finance data about US representatives (very generous of OpenSecrets.org to provide that) available to all for easy data analysis & data science.

Content

This dataset contains the personal finance details of US representatives (Senate, House & the Executive) on the following topics from 2004 to 2016 (varying date ranges for different topics) : * Agreements * Assets * Compensation * Gifts * Honoraria * Income * Liability * Positions * Transactions * Travel

For each of these topics, it has exact amounts or amount ranges, details about the topic like asset type, asset income, industry, sector, etc. & candidate information including candidate name, party, chamber & state & district. There is also information about the members of the 113th, 114th & 115th congress along with congressional committees.

You can find the official Data Dictionary Data Dictionary & the User Guide

Acknowledgements

The source of this data is the Bulk data at https://www.opensecrets.org/

Documentation : https://www.opensecrets.org/open-data/bulk-data-documentation

Please follow the Terms Of Service for using this data : https://www.opensecrets.org/open-data/terms-of-service

Inspiration

I hope that we can analyze this data & understand more about the personal finance of US representatives to help us all going forward. Some questions to be answered : * Which candidates have the highest/lowest net worth? * What kind of investments & in which industry/sector do candidates that you are interested in have? * What are the trends that we in terms of income, investments, etc. for different chambers/parties?

A listing of State Representatives and State Senators. For more information see: http://www.cga.ct.gov/asp/menu/legdownload.asp

The 2022 cartographic boundary KMLs are simplified representations of selected geographic areas from the U.S. Census Bureau's Master Address File / Topologically Integrated Geographic Encoding and Referencing (MAF/TIGER) Database (MTDB). These boundary files are specifically designed for small-scale thematic mapping. When possible, generalization is performed with the intent to maintain the hierarchical relationships among geographies and to maintain the alignment of geographies within a file set for a given year. Geographic areas may not align with the same areas from another year. Some geographies are available as nation-based files while others are available only as state-based files. Congressional districts are the 435 areas from which people are elected to the U.S. House of Representatives. After the apportionment of congressional seats among the states based on census population counts, each state is responsible for establishing congressional districts for the purpose of electing representatives. Each congressional district is to be as equal in population to all other congressional districts in a state as practicable. The 118th Congress is seated from January 2023 through December 2024. In Connecticut, Illinois, and New Hampshire, the Redistricting Data Program (RDP) participant did not define the CDs to cover all of the state or state equivalent area. In these areas with no CDs defined, the code "ZZ" has been assigned, which is treated as a single CD for purposes of data presentation. The cartographic boundary files for the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, and the Island Areas (American Samoa, Guam, the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands, and the U.S. Virgin Islands) each contain a single record for the non-voting delegate district in these areas. The generalzied boundaries of all other congressional districts are based on information provided to the Census Bureau by the states by August 31, 2022.