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      "id": 100624,
      "date": "1997-12-09",
      "retrieved": "2016-05-24T20:56:59.019941",
      "title": "Congressional Districts: How to Compile Histories of Their Composition and Representation",
      "summary": "Members of Congress, their staff, and their constituents sometimes request historical information\non the composition and representation of congressional districts: Who are the Members who have\never represented the area a Member currently represents? What are the names and party affiliations\nof the House Members who have represented a particular county since it was created? Have two\ncounties always been within the same congressional district? This report explains how researchers\nmay prepare compilations called congressional \"district histories,\" which answer these and other\nsuch questions. The report identifies selected sources from which information may be obtained and\nprovides details on how data may be compiled and presented. While there is no one way to conduct\nthe research, compile the data, or present findings, the sources and procedure described here have\nproven useful to those who have prepared district histories in the past.",
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