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Overview
The purpose of this project is to authoritatively document each
appointment and the sequence of appointments to fifteen federal independent
agencies from 1887-2000. This research was supported by a grant from the
National Science Foundation (SES 00-95962). For each appointment, the data
indicates sequential factors, such as date of the nomination or the
expiration of the term for the seat, and personal factors, such as the
gender or party affiliation of the appointee. These data are
intended to be the counterpart to the appellate and district court
biographical databases (Zuk, Barrow & Gryski (ICPSR 6796), Goldman, Gryski
& Zuk, respectively). Given
the
variety
of uses for these data, I expect they will be of interest to other scholars.
This web site provides access to these data, as they are updated,
together with documentation and infile statements. As described in the
codebook, the data may be assembled in such a way that the unit of
analysis is either cross-sectional (the
appointment or the commissioner) or longitudinal (at any arbitary aggregation
of time) or panel data. See the codebook for detailed instructions
on using the infile statements.
Agencies Covered in this Study
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Civil Aeronautics Board (1940-1981)
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Consumer Product Safety Commission (1972-2000)
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Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (1965-2000)
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Federal Communications Commission (1934-2000) & Federal Radio Commission
(1928-1934)
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Federal Election Commission (1975-2000)
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Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (1977-2000) & Federal Power
Commission
(1930-1977)
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Federal Reserve Board of Governors (1914-2000)
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Federal Trade Commission (1914-2000)
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Interstate Commerce Commission (1887-1995)
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National Labor Relations Board (1935-2000)
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National Transportation Safety Board (1967-2000)
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Nuclear Regulatory Commission (1974-2000) & Atomic Energy Commission
(1954-1974)
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Securities and Exchange Commission (1935-2000)
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