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The size of the House of Representatives comes from the?
reapportionment act of 1929
What act of 1929 sets the house number to 435?
The answer would be called the "REAPPORTIONMENT ACT OF 1929".
What keeps the number of members in the house of representatives set where it is?
The Reapportionment Act of 1929
What relationship exists between the census and the distrubution of seats among the states in the house of represenatives?
In 1929 Congress passed the Reapportionment Act that allowed a permanent plan for the 435 seats in the House of Representatives to be filled consistently. These seats are to be filled when a census of the people living in the states are completed and are to be based on the numbers.
Why was reapportionment act of 1929 passed?
Membership in the House needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members.
The permanent size of the House at 435 members was fixed by the?
Reapportionment Act of 1929. This act established the current maximum number of seats in the House of Representatives at 435. The number of seats is allocated among the states based on their population, with each state being guaranteed at least one seat. The size of the House has remained fixed at 435 since then.
What did the reapportionment act of 1929 say?
The Reapportionment Act of 1929 established the process for reallocating seats in the U.S. House of Representatives based on the decennial census. It set the total number of House seats at 435 and mandated that congressional seats be redistributed among the states according to population changes, ensuring that each state was represented fairly. The Act aimed to simplify the reapportionment process and minimize political influence in the allocation of seats.
How many members were in the US House of Representatives in 2007?
There were 435 members in the US House of Representatives in 2007.The number was officially established by Congress with the Reapportionment Act of 1929.
What was the purpose of the reapportionment act of 1929?
Membership in the House needed to be capped to prevent an excessive number of members.
How many delegates made up the first house of Represenatives?
In 1788 the first US Congress was elected. The House of Representatives had 65 members.The Constitution requires the House to reflect the populations of the states. It does not say how many Representatives there should be.As the country grew, the size of the House expanded to 435 seats. The Reapportionment Act of 1929 stopped any further growth of the House and required the Census Bureau to redistribute the seats among the states every ten years, after each Census.
Can thirty thousand members be in the House of Representatives?
No,the total number of representatives is currently fixed at 435 by the Reapportionment Act of 1929, though Congress has the authority to change that number.
How do they choose the number of house members?
There are 435 members of the United States House of Representatives. This was decided by the Reapportionment Act of 1929. It was set at this number only because at the time, this was the size of the House and Congress did not want the House to become too large.
