How to do histograms in PostgreSQL

SELECT * FROM histogram($table_name_or_subquery, $column_name);

. . . to give sweet results like this, in a check of the distribution of 2016 political contributions in Vermont:

fec=# SELECT * FROM histogram('(SELECT * FROM small_donors_vt LIMIT 50000)', 'transaction_amt');

 bucket |   range   | freq |       bar       
--------+-----------+------+-----------------
      1 | [0,9]     | 2744 | ******
      2 | [10,19]   | 5630 | *************
      3 | [20,29]   | 6383 | ***************
      4 | [30,39]   | 1290 | ***
      5 | [40,49]   |  369 | *
      6 | [50,59]   | 3541 | ********
      7 | [60,69]   |  174 | 
      8 | [70,79]   |  313 | *
      9 | [80,89]   |  171 | 
     10 | [90,99]   |   65 | 
     11 | [100,109] | 2363 | ******
     12 | [110,119] |   51 | 
     13 | [120,129] |  115 | 
     14 | [130,139] |   32 | 
     15 | [140,146] |   11 | 
     16 | [150,159] |  187 | 
     17 | [160,169] |   24 | 
     18 | [170,177] |   33 | 
     19 | [180,189] |   19 | 
     20 | [191,199] |   24 | 
     21 | [200,200] |  795 | **