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Eleanor Holmes Norton (born June 13, 1937) [1] [2] is an American politician, lawyer, and human rights activist. [3] Norton is a congressional delegate to the U.S. House of Representatives, where she has represented the District of Columbia since 1991 as a member of the Democratic Party.
District of Columbia Delegate Act; Long title: An Act to establish a Commission on the Organization of the Government of the District of Columbia and to provide for a Delegate to the House of Representatives from the District of Columbia. Enacted by: the 91st United States Congress: Effective: September 22, 1970: Citations; Public law: Pub. L ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of March 5, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
The District of Columbia Fair and Equal House Voting Rights Act of 2007 was the first to propose granting the District of Columbia voting representation in the House of Representatives while also temporarily adding an extra seat to Republican-leaning Utah to increase the membership of the House by two. The addition of an extra seat for Utah was ...
In 2008, the Consolidated Natural Resources Act of 2008, signed into law by President George W. Bush, replaced the position of Resident Representative with a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. The election of the first delegate took place in November 2008.
House Yes 60.5* 22 Rick W. Allen: Republican Georgia House Yes 52.1* 23 Joe Kennedy III: Democratic Massachusetts: House No 46.5* 24 Ralph Norman: Republican South Carolina: House Yes 43.4* 25 Kenny Marchant: Republican Texas House No 33.7* 26 Lloyd Doggett: Democratic Texas House Yes 29.7* 27 Brad Schneider: Democratic Illinois: House Yes 27.2 ...
Congressional districts in the United States are electoral divisions for the purpose of electing members of the United States House of Representatives. The number of voting seats within the House of Representatives is currently set at 435, with each one representing an average of 761,169 people following the 2020 United States census. [1]
The District of Columbia is a political division coterminous with Washington, D.C., the capital city of the United States. [1] According to the Article One of the Constitution, only states may be represented in the United States Congress. [2] The District of Columbia is not a U.S. state and therefore has no voting representation. [3]