Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution

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constitutional provision section of the United States Constitution

Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution is the provision that establishes the composition and apportionment of the U.S. House of Representatives, including the requirement for a regular census to allocate seats among the states.

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All labels observed (4)

Label	Occurrences
Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution canonical	19
Article I, Section 2, U.S. Constitution	1
U.S. Const. art. I, § 2	1
United States Constitution Article I, Section 2	1

Statements (48)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	constitutional provision ⓘ section of the United States Constitution ⓘ
appliesTo	states of the United States ⓘ
authorizes	Congress to direct the manner of the census ⓘ the House of Representatives to choose its Speaker ⓘ the House of Representatives to choose its other officers ⓘ
citationForm	Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: U.S. Const. art. I, § 2
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
dateOfDrafting	1787 ⓘ
determines	basis for distribution of seats in the House of Representatives ⓘ
effectiveDate	March 4, 1789 ⓘ
establishes	that the House of Representatives is composed of members chosen by the people of the several states ⓘ Speaker of the House of Representatives ⓘ surface form: the office of Speaker of the House of Representatives
excludedFromCount	Indians not taxed ⓘ
governs	United States House of Representatives ⓘ
grantsPower	sole power of impeachment to the House of Representatives ⓘ
historicalContext	Framing of the United States Constitution at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia ⓘ
influences	congressional apportionment statutes ⓘ federal election law ⓘ redistricting practices in the United States ⓘ
interpretedBy	Supreme Court of the United States ⓘ
jurisdiction	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
language	English ⓘ
legalStatus	supreme law of the land component ⓘ
linksTo	Electors in each state having the qualifications requisite for electors of the most numerous branch of the state legislature ⓘ
modifiedBy	Fourteenth Amendment ⓘ surface form: Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution Seventeenth Amendment to the United States Constitution ⓘ
originallyCounted	free persons for apportionment ⓘ three fifths of all other persons (enslaved persons) for apportionment ⓘ
originallyIncluded	three-fifths compromise for apportioning Representatives and direct taxes ⓘ
partOf	Article I of the United States Constitution ⓘ United States Constitution ⓘ
regulates	apportionment of Representatives among the states ⓘ composition of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
requires	apportionment of Representatives according to population ⓘ regular enumeration of the population (census) ⓘ that Representatives be chosen every second year ⓘ that Representatives be inhabitants of the state in which they are chosen ⓘ that the actual enumeration be made within three years after the first meeting of Congress ⓘ that the enumeration be made within every subsequent term of ten years ⓘ
setsCitizenshipRequirement	7 years of United States citizenship for Representatives ⓘ
setsInitialApportionment	initial numbers of Representatives for the original states ⓘ
setsMinimumAge	25 years for Representatives ⓘ
setsMinimumNumber	at least one Representative for each state ⓘ
subject	census and enumeration ⓘ federal representation ⓘ impeachment power ⓘ legislative branch structure ⓘ

Referenced by (22)

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

2020 United States census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

decennial United States Census → constitutionalArticle → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

subject surface form: Decennial United States Census

2010 United States census → constitutionalRequirement → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Hylton v. United States → appliedProvision → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

2000 United States census → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Three-Fifths Compromise → foundIn → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Sixteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

1960 United States census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: United States Constitution Article I, Section 2

Article I, Section 4 of the United States Constitution → relatedTo → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States congressional apportionment → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

1910 United States Census → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

1890 United States Census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

2030 United States census → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution → citationForm → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: U.S. Const. art. I, § 2

Census Day → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Direct Tax Clause of the United States Constitution → foundInSection → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

1990 United States census → constitutionalProvision → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Pollock v. Farmers' Loan & Trust Co. → appliedConstitutionalProvision → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Brushaber v. Union Pacific Railroad Co. → relatedConstitutionalProvision → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

Income Tax Amendment → constitutionalArticleAffected → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

United States v. Classic → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ

this entity surface form: Article I, Section 2, U.S. Constitution

1950 United States census → constitutionalMandate → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ