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John A. Burns of Hawaii, the last of a series of delegates to continuously serve in Congress. Territorial delegates existed before the ratification of the United States Constitution. The Northwest Ordinance of 1787 allowed for territory with "five thousand free male inhabitants of full age" to elect a non-voting delegate to the Continental ...
A delegate is a person selected to represent a group of people in some political assembly of the United States. There are various types of delegates elected to different political bodies. In the United States Congress delegates are elected to represent the interests of a United States territory and its citizens or nationals. In addition ...
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 3, 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.
In addition, each of the five inhabited U.S. territories and the federal district of Washington, D. C., sends a non-voting delegate to the House of Representatives. The Bureau of the Census conducts a constitutionally mandated decennial census whose figures are used to determine the number of congressional districts to which each state is ...
In the 109th Congress, for example, the Republicans controlled about 53% of the House, but had 54% of the Appropriations Committee members, 55% of the members on the Energy and Commerce Committee, and 58% of the members on the Judiciary Committee.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 January 2025. There is 1 pending revision awaiting review. Bicameral legislature of the United States For the current Congress, see 119th United States Congress. For the building, see United States Capitol. This article may rely excessively on sources too closely associated with the subject ...
These are tables of congressional delegations from New York to the United States House of Representatives and the United States Senate.. The current dean of the New York delegation is Senator and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, having served in the Senate since 1999 and in Congress since 1981.
1.2 Delegates from Michigan Territory. ... The current dean of the Michigan congressional delegation is Senator Gary Peters (D), having served in Congress since 2009.