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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.
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.
The total number of state members is capped by the Reapportionment Act of 1929. [2] 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.
In 1959, upon the admission of Alaska and Hawaii, the number was temporarily increased to 437 (seating one representative from each of those states without changing existing apportionment), and returned to 435 four years later, after the reapportionment consequent to the 1960 census.
[118] [119] Each state is entitled to at least one representative, the remaining number of representatives per state is apportioned based on their respective populations, determined every ten years by the United States census. In summary, 153 electors are divided equally among the states and the District of Columbia (3 each), and the remaining ...
2024 State & Legislative Partisan Composition. As of August 2, 2024. National Conference of State Legislatures. [1] STATE Total Seats Total Senate Senate Dem. Senate Rep. Senate other Total House House Dem. House Rep. House other Leg. Control Gov. Party State Control Alabama 140 35 8 27 105 28 76 1v Rep Rep Rep Alaska 60 20 9 11 40 13 22 5 Rep ...
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.
This chart shows the historical composition of the United States House of Representatives, from the 1st Congress to the present day. ... Total 1st: 1788: 28 37 65 2nd ...