Days in Session: House

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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