Personal Staffs of House
and Senate Members
|
Year
|
House Employees
|
Senate employees
|
|
1930
|
870
|
280
|
|
1935
|
870
|
424
|
|
1947
|
1,440
|
590
|
|
1957
|
2,441
|
1,155
|
|
1967
|
4,055
|
1,749
|
|
1972
|
5,280
|
2,426
|
|
1977
|
6,942
|
3,554
|
|
1982
|
7,511
|
4,041
|
|
1987
|
7,584
|
4,075
|
|
1993
|
7,400
|
4,138
|
Gary Jacobson, "The Politics of Congressional Elections," Longman 1997.