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This list includes all senators serving in the 119th United States Congress. Party affiliation. Senate composition by party ... Total 100 Independent Senators ...
Congress [c] has a total of 535 voting members, a figure which includes 100 senators and 435 representatives; the House of Representatives has 6 additional non-voting members. The vice president of the United States , as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie.
Country Legislature Type Lower house [1] Upper house [1] Lower house to upper house ratio Total Population [2] Population/ Lower house seats Population/ Total seats China National People's Congress
When senators have been in office for the same length of time, a number of tiebreakers are used, including comparing their former government service and then their respective state population. [ 54 ] The senator in each state with the longer time in office is known as the senior senator , while the other is the junior senator .
Based on its population per electoral vote, D.C. has the third highest per capita Electoral College representation, after Wyoming and Vermont. [121] [non-primary source needed] Currently, there are 538 electors, based on 435 representatives, 100 senators from the fifty states and three electors from Washington, D.C.
Allocation of seats by state, as percentage of overall number of representatives in the House, 1789–2020 census. United States congressional apportionment is the process [1] by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution.
Because each state is represented by 2 senators, regardless of population, each class varies in electorate and populace. Since the early 19th century, it so happens class 2 senators cumulatively co-represent 50–60% of the population; senators from each of the other 2 classes: 70–75% of the U.S. population.
Population per U.S. representative allocated to each of the 50 states and D.C., ranked by population. Since D.C. (ranked 49th) receives no voting seats in the House, its bar is absent. U.S. congressional districts for the 115th Congress