congress_age

The raw data behind the story
"Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem"
<a href="https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/both-republicans-and-democrats-have-an-age-problem/">https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/both-republicans-and-democrats-have-an-age-problem/</a>.

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congress_age function

A data frame with 18,635 rows representing members of Congress
(House and Senate) and 13 variables:<dl class="dl-horizontal">
 <dt>congress</dt><dd>Congress number.</dd>
 <dt>chamber</dt><dd>Chamber of congress: House of Representatives or Senate.</dd>
 <dt>bioguide</dt><dd>bioguide</dd>
 <dt>firstname</dt><dd>First name</dd>
 <dt>middlename</dt><dd>Middle name</dd>
 <dt>lastname</dt><dd>Last name</dd>
 <dt>suffix</dt><dd>Suffix</dd>
 <dt>birthday</dt><dd>Birthday</dd>
 <dt>state</dt><dd>State abbreviation</dd>
 <dt>party</dt><dd>Party abbreviation</dd>
 <dt>incumbent</dt><dd>Boolean variable of whether member was an incumbent.</dd>
 <dt>termstart</dt><dd>Start date of session.</dd>
 <dt>age</dt><dd>Age at start of session.</dd>
</dl>

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The raw data behind the story
"Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem"
<a href='https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/both-republicans-and-democrats-have-an-age-problem/'>https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/both-republicans-and-democrats-have-an-age-problem/</a>.

Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem — congress_age

A data frame with 18,635 rows representing members of Congress
(House and Senate) and 13 variables:<dl class='dl-horizontal'>
 <dt>congress</dt><dd>Congress number.</dd>
 <dt>chamber</dt><dd>Chamber of congress: House of Representatives or Senate.</dd>
 <dt>bioguide</dt><dd>bioguide</dd>
 <dt>firstname</dt><dd>First name</dd>
 <dt>middlename</dt><dd>Middle name</dd>
 <dt>lastname</dt><dd>Last name</dd>
 <dt>suffix</dt><dd>Suffix</dd>
 <dt>birthday</dt><dd>Birthday</dd>
 <dt>state</dt><dd>State abbreviation</dd>
 <dt>party</dt><dd>Party abbreviation</dd>
 <dt>incumbent</dt><dd>Boolean variable of whether member was an incumbent.</dd>
 <dt>termstart</dt><dd>Start date of session.</dd>
 <dt>age</dt><dd>Age at start of session.</dd>
</dl>

Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem

congress_age: Both Republicans And Democrats Have an Age Problem

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