Aaron Bycoffe

Correct term end dates for members who died in office

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This changes the term end dates for most of the members in the historical file who died in office (about 865 members). I used the death dates from wikidata and...

Use special sessions for term start dates

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This corrects term start dates in historical terms, to use, by default, the beginning of the first session of each Congress, even if it's a special session. See #388. This...

Add death dates

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One reason for some of the incorrect term end dates for legislators in the historical file is death in office, when a member died but the term end date is...

Special sessions

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It appears that most of the term start/end dates in the historical file are based on normal sessions, not special sessions. Is there a reason not to use special sessions...