Table of Representation - State by State

Unequal and Disproportionate Representation

Table

Proper Representation in the Federal House and

Existing Representation in the several State Houses

 

 

State  Republics

Population

Max. No. of Reps. Rounded  up

Min. District Size (House)*

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Our First Right - Representation

When the people are under represented tyrants takeover. When the power is concentrated in the hands of a few, the many suffer.



Historical Representation of the States in the House of Representatives 
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The US Census of 2010 con

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Apportionment

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Videos

#1 - Introduction to Apportionment.US
#2 - Summary of the Apportionment Lawsuit (Part 1)
#3 - Summary of the Apportionment Lawsuit (Part 2)
#4 - Constitutional Representation
#5 - Constitutional Equality
#6

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Westberry V Sanders

 

Wesberry v. Sanders (1964)

Case Summary

Wesberry, a voter of the 5^th District of Georgia, filed suit on the basis that his Congressional district had a population 2-3 times larger than other districts in the State, thereby debasing his vote. Plaint

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Representation in a Crooked House

Conned by the Constitution

The men who met in Philadelphia to approve the Constitution actually represented the rich and well-educated elite. They wrote the Constitution to protect the financial interests of this "upper class" and their benefactors.

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Who Owns our Lives, Liberty and Property?

In a democracy where the majority of the people are ignorant and uninformed it is easy for the financial elite to control the lives, liberty and property of the people. By controlling what the people believe is true they are able to obtain the conse

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Principles of the Constitution - Apportionment

Proportional Representation

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The Virginia Plan

The greatest debate at the Constitutional Convention was over representation in the  senate.  The Virginia Plan would allocated representation in both the House and the Senate to be based on the population of the states. 

This would have given more p

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Representation - The Upper Limit

"Shall Not Exceed"

The words used to set the "limit" to the size of Congressional districts, were intentionally chosen for their versatility of direction and interpretation. Meaning what?

 Meaning, that these words:

"The number of Representatives sha

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Representation - The Numbers Game

By The Numbers!

 

By 2050, the U.S. population is projected to reach about 435 million.

Question:
Is "...one Representative for every thirty Thousand inhabitants", (Federalist Papers #55 and #56), the same as ONE FOR EVERY MILLION?

Here's what those

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The Great Debate

Without a doubt the greatest debate at the Constitutional Convention was centered on the question on the issue of representation in Congress. Virginia proposed a bicameral legislature with the membership in both houses determined by the population of

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Representation - A Republic if You Can Keep It

Vacated Seats

This comes to us via Wayne Bachman from a comment in "The Dangers of a Salaried Bureaucracy" by Keith Broaders

I agree with all comments. Let me carry it one step further.

The problem (with the current administration), would immediately

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Federalist 58 on Apportionment in the House of Representatives

The main topic of discussion in Federalist Paper number 58 is the apportionment of the representatives for each state. Constitutionally, the number of Senators per state is two, no matter the population. The number of House Representatives, however,

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Representation - End of Discussion

Representation has a Limit!

There is no question that Article I, Section 2, Clause 3 was not only intended to limit the size of Congressional districts, but says as much, to whit;

"The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty

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Representation - The Real Numbers

I'll Bet You Didn't Know!

In 1919, Representatives had a staff of two assistants per Congressman. That made a total of 435 politicians and 870 in staff for a total of 1305 people taking care of Congressional districts. Today, every member of the Hous

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Thirty Thousand

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Q1: Aren’t the districts’ populations supposed to grow along 
        with the general population?

Q2: How did the number of Representatives become fixed at 435?

Q3: Wh

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districts

Constitutoinal Districts   California 1,242 Texas 838 New York 646 Florida 428 Illinois 428 Pennsylvania 423 Ohio 385 Michigan 329 Georgia 328 North Carolina 318 New Jersey 293 Virginia 267 Washington 224 Massachus

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Average District Size

Average District Size     California          702,905 Texas                 698,488 New York           717,707 Florida                696,345 Illinois                712,812 Pennsylvania      705,688 Ohio                    721,83

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Illinois Representation in The House

Year                    Population               Reps

1830                     157,445                    1

1840                     476,183                    3

1850                     861,470                    7

1860                   1,711,951 

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Ohio Representation in The House

Year                   Population                Reps                District

1800                     60,000                       1                     60,000

1810                    581,434                      6                     96,905

1820   

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