Dataset on Individuals Serving in State Legislatures in the United States, 1900-2016

Assembles individual-level data on all legislators serving in state legislatures in the 50 U.S.states over time. Characteristics collected include first and last name, legislative period, whether reelected into the subsequent legislature and, for nine states, whether the individual sought reelection into the next legislature. Data is for the lower house or the unicameral assembly. Years generally span 1900 to the late-1940s but in some cases go as far as 2016.

本数据集汇编了长期以来美国50个州州议会全体在职议员的个体层面数据。所收集的特征包括议员的姓名（名与姓）、立法任期、是否连任至下一届州议会；另有9个州额外记录了议员是否谋求连任至下一届州议会。本数据集仅涵盖州众议院或一院制州议会的议员数据。数据覆盖的时间跨度通常为1900年至20世纪40年代末，部分数据集的时间跨度可延伸至2016年。