United States congressional apportionment

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United States federal process apportionment process political process

United States congressional apportionment is the process of dividing the seats in the U.S. House of Representatives among the states based on population, typically following each decennial census.

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Label Occurrences
United States congressional apportionment canonical 4
United States House apportionment 2
Alabama paradox 1

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal process ⓘ
apportionment process ⓘ
political process ⓘ
affects distribution of political power among states ⓘ
representation in the Electoral College ⓘ
appliesTo United States House of Representatives ⓘ
basedOn population ⓘ
consequence gain or loss of House seats by states ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ
surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution
country United States of America ⓘ
dataSource official census population counts ⓘ
determines number of House seats per state ⓘ
doesNotDirectlyDetermine boundaries of congressional districts ⓘ
excludes District of Columbia ⓘ
United States territories ⓘ
surface form: U.S. territories
firstAppliedAfter 1790 United States census ⓘ
follows decennial United States Census ⓘ
surface form: United States census
governedBy United States Constitution ⓘ
historicallyAssociatedWith sectional conflicts over representation ⓘ
historicallyInfluencedBy Three-Fifths Compromise ⓘ
post-Civil War Reconstruction amendments ⓘ
implementedBy Bureau of the Census ⓘ
surface form: United States Census Bureau

United States Congress ⓘ
includes 50 U.S. states ⓘ
includesPopulation resident population of each state ⓘ
languageOfLaw federal statutes of the United States ⓘ
legalFramework Reapportionment Act of 1929 ⓘ
minimumSeatsPerState 1 ⓘ
previouslyUsedMethod largest remainder method ⓘ
surface form: Hamilton method

d’Hondt method ⓘ
surface form: Jefferson method

Sainte-Laguë method ⓘ
surface form: Webster method
primaryGoal equal representation by population among states ⓘ
relatedCaseLaw Baker v. Carr ⓘ
Wesberry v. Sanders ⓘ
relatedConcept one person, one vote ⓘ
relatedTo reapportionment ⓘ
redistricting in the United States ⓘ
subjectTo constitutional constraints ⓘ
federal law ⓘ
timeBetweenCensusAndUse apportionment applies to next Congress after census ⓘ
totalSeatsFixedAt 435 ⓘ
totalSeatsFixedSince 1913 ⓘ
triggeredBy decennial census ⓘ
typicalFrequency every 10 years ⓘ
usesMethod method of equal proportions ⓘ
usesMethodSince 1941 ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

U.S. House of Representatives elections in New York → relatedTo → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
Second United States Congress → passed → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Apportionment Act of 1792
Indiana's 2nd congressional district → creationContext → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
Missouri 5th congressional district → createdFor → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
subject surface form: Missouri's 5th congressional district
this entity surface form: United States House apportionment
largest remainder method → mayProduce → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
this entity surface form: Alabama paradox
Massachusetts 4th congressional district → createdForApportionment → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
subject surface form: Massachusetts's 4th congressional district
this entity surface form: United States House apportionment
United States House of Representatives districts in Virginia → relatedTo → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ
Texas's at-large congressional district → seeAlso → United States congressional apportionment ⓘ