On 20 April 1777, the Convention of Representatives adopted the New York Constitution. The Constitution granted New York State autonomy from Britain, and provided for the institution of a New York government.
New York No, it was Virginia. Article I of the Constitution specifies how many representatives each state would get in the House of Representatives until the first census could be conducted. It gives New York six representatives but Virginia ten. Without a census the framers did not have exact numbers but they clearly knew that Virginia had close to twice the population of New York.
There were complications- for instance, New York refused to join until a Bill of Rights was added.
New York has 27 representatives in the U.S. House of Representatives.
No, the Declaration of Independence and the constitution was written in Philadelphia.
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The representatives for New York grew in the 1792 elections due to the results of the 1790 census. In 1792 New York went from having six to ten representatives.
Since 2013 New York has had 27 representatives in the House of Representatives and 2 Senators, for a total of 29 representatives in the US Congress.
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There are 150 State Assemblymen and 27 US Representatives.
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