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  2. United States House of Representatives - Wikipedia

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    As of 2022, first-past-the-post or plurality voting is used in 46 states, electing 412 representatives, ranked-choice or instant-runoff voting in two states (Alaska and Maine), electing 3 representatives, and two-round system in two states (Georgia and Louisiana), electing 20 representatives. Elected representatives serve a two-year term, with ...

  3. List of current United States representatives - Wikipedia

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    This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 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.

  4. United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    The members of the House of Representatives are elected for the two-year term of a Congress. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 established that there be 435 representatives, and the Uniform Congressional Redistricting Act requires that they be elected from single-member constituencies or districts.

  5. Seniority in the United States House of Representatives

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    An example of this ranking system is Rep. Pete Sessions, who had previously served eleven terms, from 1997 to 2019; after his defeat in the 2018 midterms, he was once again elected in 2020. Instead of holding seniority with others whose terms began January 3, 2021, he was credited with ten terms, and holds seniority above all representatives ...

  6. United States congressional apportionment - Wikipedia

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    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.

  7. List of new members of the 119th United States Congress

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    U.S. House of Representatives [h] Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives: 1976 [33] Indiana 6: Jefferson Shreve (R) No Open seat; replaced Greg Pence (R) Indianapolis City-County Council: 1965 [34] Indiana 8: Mark Messmer (R) No Open seat; replaced Larry Bucshon (R) Majority Leader of the Indiana Senate Indiana House of Representatives ...

  8. Historical composition of the United States House of ...

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    This chart shows the historical composition of the United States House of Representatives, from the 1st Congress to the present day. United States House of Representatives, 1789 to present AA

  9. 117th United States Congress - Wikipedia

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    January 3, 2021: 117th Congress officially begins. Members-elect of the United States Senate and the United States House of Representatives are sworn in; though because of the COVID-19 pandemic, House members-elect did not all gather in the chamber to be sworn in, but rather, were summoned to the chambers in seven groups of about 72 people. [5]