According to the U.S. Constitution (Article 1, section 3), each state shall have two senators. (Representatives are chosen based on the population of their state. Senators are not; every state gets two, whether a big state or a small state.)
Two seats
A state's number of representatives in the US House of Representatives is determined by its population.
The number of electors is determined by the state's number of members in the House plus the number of members in the Senate.
The Great Compromise by Henry Clay made to satisfy both the small states (who wanted a set number of votes per state as in the Senate) and the large states (who wanted the number of votes to be determined by size, as in the House of Rep.).
The total number of seats in the House of Representatives was fixed at four hundred thirty-five (435) by the Apportionment Act of 1911. Seats are apportioned (distributed) according to population. Each state receives at least one representative regardless of population. In the Senate, two senators represent each state.
No. The Senate has 100 members while the House has 435 members.
There are 100 Senate seats, two from each State
The Senate. Each state is entitled to twoSenators.The number of Congressman in the House of Representatives, however, is determined by state population as a percentage of total US population. The House seats are reapportioned, if necessary, following the decennial (10-year) US Census.
The Constitution says that the Senate be composed of two Senators from each State (therefore, the Senate currently has 100 Members).
Not the Senate, but the House. The senate has two members from each state.
2 seats per state.
Each state has a number of electors equal to the number of its Senators and Representatives in the United States Congress.By the number of seats each State has in Congress