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Conservative party

Conservative Party, where there is no Conservative Party (United States) but rather Conservative Party of New York State or other should be linked. (so general wikitable used instead?)

• 25th United States Congress
  • There are no Conservative Party members.
• 26th United States Congress (one at end of previous congress)
  • Solved with parameter 'partylink2.'—GoldRingChip 21:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)
• 40th United States Congress
• 41st United States Congress (one at end of previous congress)
• 94th United States Congress
• 95th United States Congress (one at end of previous congress)
  • Solved this with parameter 'partylink1.'—GoldRingChip 01:30, 23 August 2015 (UTC)

Others ranked on difficulty to code; from easiest (top) to hardest (bottom)

1st Congress

• Breaks the link for "previous congress"

More than 7 parties

• [data missing]

Merge "Voting share" if/when parties caucus together

• 107th United States Congress
• 34th United States Congress
• 35th United States Congress
• 43rd United States Congress
• 44th United States Congress
• 45th United States Congress

What if we want to do more than just Begin and End? How about important dates?

• 107th United States Congress
• 45th United States Congress

Complicated congresses

• 18th United States Congress
• 34th United States Congress
• 107th United States Congress

Application

Minimal (2 pty)

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| seats1_end         = 
| seats1_next        = 

| party2             = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| seats2_end         = 
| seats2_next        = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
}}

Minimal (3 pty)

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| seats1_end         = 
| seats1_next        = 

| party2             = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| seats2_end         = 
| seats2_next        = 

| party3             = 
| abb3               = 
| seats3_last        = 
| seats3_begin       = 
| seats3_end         = 
| seats3_next        = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
}}

Minimal (4 pty)

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| seats1_end         = 
| seats1_next        = 

| party2             = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| seats2_end         = 
| seats2_next        = 

| party3             = 
| abb3               = 
| seats3_last        = 
| seats3_begin       = 
| seats3_end         = 
| seats3_next        = 

| party4             = 
| abb4               = 
| seats4_last        = 
| seats4_begin       = 
| seats4_end         = 
| seats4_next        = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
}}

Minimal (5 pty)

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| seats1_end         = 
| seats1_next        = 

| party2             = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| seats2_end         = 
| seats2_next        = 

| party3             = 
| abb3               = 
| seats3_last        = 
| seats3_begin       = 
| seats3_end         = 
| seats3_next        = 

| party4             = 
| abb4               = 
| seats4_last        = 
| seats4_begin       = 
| seats4_end         = 
| seats4_next        = 

| party5             = 
| abb5               = 
| seats5_last        = 
| seats5_begin       = 
| seats5_end         = 
| seats5_next        = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
}}

Minimal (6 pty)

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| seats1_end         = 
| seats1_next        = 

| party2             = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| seats2_end         = 
| seats2_next        = 

| party3             = 
| abb3               = 
| seats3_last        = 
| seats3_begin       = 
| seats3_end         = 
| seats3_next        = 

| party4             = 
| abb4               = 
| seats4_last        = 
| seats4_begin       = 
| seats4_end         = 
| seats4_next        = 

| party5             = 
| abb5               = 
| seats5_last        = 
| seats5_begin       = 
| seats5_end         = 
| seats5_next        = 

| party6             = 
| abb6               = 
| seats6_last        = 
| seats6_begin       = 
| seats6_end         = 
| seats6_next        = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
}}

Minimal (7 pty)

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| seats1_end         = 
| seats1_next        = 

| party2             = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| seats2_end         = 
| seats2_next        = 

| party3             = 
| abb3               = 
| seats3_last        = 
| seats3_begin       = 
| seats3_end         = 
| seats3_next        = 

| party4             = 
| abb4               = 
| seats4_last        = 
| seats4_begin       = 
| seats4_end         = 
| seats4_next        = 

| party5             = 
| abb5               = 
| seats5_last        = 
| seats5_begin       = 
| seats5_end         = 
| seats5_next        = 

| party6             = 
| abb6               = 
| seats6_last        = 
| seats6_begin       = 
| seats6_end         = 
| seats6_next        = 

| party7             = 
| abb7               = 
| seats7_last        = 
| seats7_begin       = 
| seats7_end         = 
| seats7_next        = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
}}

Complete

NOTE: shading#_begin/end/next is not yet implemented, but the code is here for consistency.

{{US Congress party summary
| congress           = 

| party1             = 
| partylink1         = 
| abb1               = 
| seats1_last        = 
| note1_last         = 
| shading1_last      = 
| seats1_begin       = 
| shading1_begin     = 
| seats1_end         = 
| shading1_end       = 
| seats1_next        = 
| note1_next         = 
| shading1_next      = 
| delegates1         = 

| party2             = 
| partylink2         = 
| abb2               = 
| seats2_last        = 
| note2_last         = 
| shading2_last      = 
| seats2_begin       = 
| shading2_begin     = 
| seats2_end         = 
| shading2_end       = 
| seats2_next        = 
| note2_next         = 
| shading2_next      = 
| delegates2         = 

| party3             = 
| partylink3         = 
| abb3               = 
| seats3_last        = 
| note3_last         = 
| shading3_last      = 
| seats3_begin       = 
| shading3_begin     = 
| seats3_end         = 
| shading3_end       = 
| seats3_next        = 
| note3_next         = 
| shading3_next      = 
| delegates3         = 

| party4             = 
| partylink4         = 
| abb4               = 
| seats4_last        = 
| note4_last         = 
| shading4_last      = 
| seats4_begin       = 
| shading4_begin     = 
| seats4_end         = 
| shading4_end       = 
| seats4_next        = 
| note4_next         = 
| shading4_next      = 
| delegates4         = 

| party5             = 
| partylink5         = 
| abb5               = 
| seats5_last        = 
| note5_last         = 
| shading5_last      = 
| seats5_begin       = 
| shading5_begin     = 
| seats5_end         = 
| shading5_end       = 
| seats5_next        = 
| note5_next         = 
| shading5_next      = 
| delegates5         = 

| party6             = 
| partylink6         = 
| abb6               = 
| seats6_last        = 
| note6_last         = 
| shading6_last      = 
| seats6_begin       = 
| shading6_begin     = 
| seats6_end         = 
| shading6_end       = 
| seats6_next        = 
| note6_next         = 
| shading6_next      = 
| delegates6         = 

| seats_vacant_last  = 
| seats_vacant_begin = 
| seats_vacant_end   = 
| seats_vacant_next  = 
| delegates_vacant   = 
}}

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