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.