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A Visual History of the United States Senate

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This large-scale (32″x48″) print is like nothing else available on the history of the U.S. Senate. It depicts the progression in political ideology of every Senate seat from 1789 to 2010. Easily trace the history of each state’s two seats over time, and track party leadership and control as new states enter the Union.

Other highlights include a timeline of over 100 major legislative enactments and significant developments in Senate history, and visual summaries of party control and ideological distribution of the House and Senate in each Congress. A Visual History of the U.S. Senate is packed with information and is not intended to be absorbed at a glance, but rather visited and revisited over time.

Love it? Hate it? Tell us what you think – send an email to ngp [at] timeplots [dot] com.

from the senate blog:

BF111 and Black Friday

329,36 11.26.2010
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by abram (timeplots)

While working on the next set of prints, we wanted to take time out of our day to offer a fantastic deal for the holidays, (known in consumer talk as “Black Friday”).  Buy any print Friday, November 26th through Monday, November 29th and get 20% off.

We’re starting to ramp up a bunch of specials for the holidays, but this is one of the best. Check out the promotions page often – we will post new deals there, and let you know how long everything will be running.

Also, if you’re a student looking to purchase for your dorm room or as a gift for your parents – or if you spent time slaving away on a campaign, check out the promotions page because we now offer student and campaign worker discounts of 10% to any print.

Friday-Monday.  20% off.  Just use the code BF111, and get your SmartArt for the holidays.

Senate edits

171,194 06.21.2010
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by eliza (timeplots)

This week, we’re making the final edits on our Visual History of the U.S. Senate print before sending it out to be proofed. Based on feedback we’ve already received, some of the edits we are making now to the posted version include:

  • Further labeling each state’s senate seats with the state’s abbreviations at the start of each horizontal bar in the body graphic
  • Making relatively minor changes to the color hues associated with each political party, as well as the color hues in the ideology row (below the body graphic)
  • Editing the white-on-yellow text over the yellow-hued parties in the body graphic
  • Adding short descriptions of each category of major legislation
  • Further editing the legend
  • Fixing overlaps in text and graphics

Take a look at the Zoomify (click here) and let us know what else is unclear or could be improved. Use the contact form on our website, or make a comment below. Thanks!

Introducing: A Visual History of the U.S. Senate

153,212 06.03.2010
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by ngp (timeplots)

About twenty years ago, I had an idea to make a poster with a history of every senator who’s ever served in the U.S. Congress. I thought it would be neat to be able to trace the occupants of each seat in each state over time. I worked for a political redistricting firm at the time, and began to research the project, but I got busy and set it aside.

I picked up the idea again this past year for Timeplots, and now we are almost done with an expanded and more ambitious version of that original vision. And we had twenty more years of U.S. history to trace!

Check it out at http://timeplots.com/senate, and leave your comments below– we’re always interested in feedback. Thanks!

what others say:

“These are a great works of graphic design and political history. From a distance, they provide a succinct summary of over 200 years of political history. Up close, you can pull out important details about the politics of any particular era. It works on many levels, ranging from conversation starter to teaching tool. There really is nothing like it.”
– Charles Stewart III, Professor of Political Science, The Massachusetts Institute of Technology

“Timeplots brings home the big picture of American political history.”
- Howard Rosenthal, Professor of Politics, NYU, Professor of Social Sciences, Emeritus, Princeton University