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In Article I Section 2 the States agreed that the House of Representatives would consist of no more than one representative for every 30,000 inhabitants.
Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1792 that provided each of the states with 1 representative for every 33,000 inhabitants.
In 1811 Congress reapportioned the House and established a ratio of 1 representative for every 35,000 inhabitants. In 1812 there were 182 representatives in the House. The number of seats was was determined by calculating the percent of the people living in a state and multiplying that number by the total population of 7.700,000.
In 1822 the number of representative in Congress grew from142 in 1911 to 187 with a ratio of 40,000 to 1.
In 1832 Congress established a ratio of 47,700 to 1 and district average of 230,000
The Apportionment Act of 1842 required all states to create 233 equally apportioned districts with no more than 70,680 inhabitants.
The Reapportionment Act of 1850 fixed the number of seats in the House to 233.
In 1862 only 183 seats were filled do to the secession of 11 Southern States.
In 1872 the Apportionment Act created 283 seats in the House with a ratio of 130,00 to 1.
The Reapportionment Act of 1882 there were 325 representatives with the average district size was 151,000.
The Apportionment Act of 1892 fixed the number of representatives to 356 which cr created an average district size of 173,900.
The Apportionment Ac of 1911 t limited Congress to 435 seats with ratio of 1 representative per 211,877 inhabitants.
The next Reapportionment of the House of Representatives took place in 1929 when t he number of seats were permanently frozen at 435. This created a ratio of q representative per 280,000. Currently we still have 435 districts with 1 r8epresentative for every 761,000
Freezing the number of Congressional Representatives rather than adding more seats as the population of a state grew. The Permanent Apportionment Act of 1929 should be repealed.
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