Days in Session: House
Following up on Daniel’s post from last week, here’s a chart showing the days in session for the House going back to 1947. I wrote a report about this back in 2006, but it’s been lost in the ether of both my crashed PC (I’m not a PC because my PC crashed and burned) and the various Sunlight site redesigns.
Year | Days in Session | Days in Session for Full Congress |
---|---|---|
1947 | 144 | – |
1948 | 108 | 252 |
1949 | 165 | – |
1950 | 180 | 345 |
1951 | 163 | – |
1952 | 111 | 274 |
1953 | 117 | – |
1954 | 123 | 240 |
1955 | 112 | – |
1956 | 118 | 230 |
1957 | 141 | – |
1958 | 135 | 276 |
1959 | 141 | – |
1960 | 124 | 265 |
1961 | 147 | – |
1962 | 157 | 304 |
1963 | 186 | – |
1964 | 148 | 334 |
1965 | 173 | – |
1966 | 163 | 336 |
1967 | 189 | – |
1968 | 139 | 328 |
1969 | 186 | – |
1970 | 164 | 350 |
1971 | 163 | – |
1972 | 135 | 298 |
1973 | 175 | – |
1974 | 159 | 334 |
1975 | 173 | – |
1976 | 138 | 311 |
1977 | 174 | – |
1978 | 149 | 323 |
1979 | 173 | – |
1980 | 153 | 326 |
1981 | 163 | – |
1982 | 140 | 303 |
1983 | 146 | – |
1984 | 120 | 266 |
1985 | 152 | – |
1986 | 129 | 281 |
1987 | 169 | – |
1988 | 129 | 298 |
1989 | 147 | – |
1990 | 134 | 281 |
1991 | 154 | – |
1992 | 123 | 277 |
1993 | 142 | – |
1994 | 123 | 265 |
1995 | 168 | – |
1996 | 122 | 290 |
1997 | 132 | – |
1998 | 119 | 251 |
1999 | 137 | – |
2000 | 135 | 272 |
2001 | 142 | – |
2002 | 123 | 265 |
2003 | 133 | – |
2004 | 110 | 243 |
2005 | 140 | – |
2006 | 101 | 241 |
2007 | 164 | – |
2008 | 118 | 282 |
2009 | 159 | – |