I would like a list of deputy whips (also called assistant whips)
since the 76th congress for both parties.

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Request for Question Clarification by pafalafa-ga on 30 Aug 2003 17:46 PDT

I consulted a comprehensive report on Congressional leadership at this
site:

http://www.house.gov/rules/rl30567.pdf#xml=http://wwws.house.gov/search97cgi/s97_cgi?action=View&VdkVgwKey=http%3A%2F%2Fwww%2Ehouse%2Egov%2Frules%2Frl30567%2Epdf&doctype=xml&Collection=comms&QueryZip=whip&

which notes that identifying a complete list of deputy whips is well
neigh impossible:

"Leadership Posts Excluded"

"The tables in this report do not list all Senators and
Representatives who have held all leadership posts. Some leadership
posts are excluded in order to provide a manageable amount of data.
Excluded from this report are the Senate and House party conference
secretaries, and the chairs of such party committees as steering
committees, policy committees, committees on committees, and campaign
committees. Junior party whips are not identified. At least since the
1930s in the House, both parties have selected (or allowed the
principal whip to designate) subordinate whips. The lack of adequate
records makes it almost impossible to identify all deputy whips,
regional whips, and zone whips who have been appointed in the last 70
years."

But I wish you (and my fellow researchers) the best of luck.

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Clarification of Question by damyata-ga on 02 Sep 2003 15:57 PDT

I have found some print sources that will allow me to compile this
list. Thank you for looking into it - I have used the CRS report for
some other stats, and it seems that they are excluding the possibility
of working out the dozens of MCs who become whips for speciifc topics
or legislation. The deputy whips, while by no means stable over time,
are known appointments - its just that there are four for each party
and their terms don't really coincide.

Thanks again for the help.

DLS