History of Congressional Apportionmen

In 1792 Congress passed the Apportionment Act of 1792 and provided 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 1822 the number of representative in Congress grew from142 to 187 with a ratio of 40,000 to 1.

In  1832 Congress established a ratio of 47,000 to 1 

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.

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

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