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Allocation of seats by state, as percentage of overall number of representatives in the House, 1789–2020 census. United States congressional apportionment is the process [1] by which seats in the United States House of Representatives are distributed among the 50 states according to the most recent decennial census mandated by the United States Constitution.
This is a list of individuals serving in the United States House of Representatives (as of January 20, 2025, the 119th Congress). [1] The membership of the House comprises 435 seats for representatives from the 50 states, apportioned by population, as well as six seats for non-voting delegates from U.S. territories and the District of Columbia.
Number of total terms served (subtracting one term from the number of non-consecutive terms) Number of consecutive terms served; Alphabetically by last name [1] An additional clause applies for representatives that have a prior tenure of less than two terms. In this case, they will have preference over all other members who are freshmen by tenure.
Like the Senate, the House of Representatives meets in the United States Capitol in Washington, D.C. At one end of the chamber of the House is a rostrum from which the speaker, Speaker pro tempore, or (when in Committee of the Whole House) the chair presides. [52] The lower tiers of the rostrum are used by clerks and other officials.
Seniority in the House, for Congressmen with unbroken service, depends on the date on which the members first term began. That date is either the start of the Congress (March 4 in odd numbered years, for the era up to and including the 73rd Congress starting in 1933) or the date of a special election during the Congress.
Mississippi has had odd-year elections for more than 200 years, starting in 1817. A few decades later, the state almost aligned its elections with federal ones.
Congress [c] has a total of 535 voting members, a figure which includes 100 senators and 435 representatives; the House of Representatives has 6 additional non-voting members. The vice president of the United States, as President of the Senate, has a vote in the Senate only when there is a tie. [3]
Previously served 1873–91 and 1893–1913 while in the House. Last term while serving in the House. Fifteen consecutive terms: 2: Frederick H. Gillett: R: MA-2: March 4, 1893: Dean of the House. Speaker of the House. Fourteen non-consecutive terms: 3: Henry A. Cooper: R: WI-1: March 4, 1921: Previously served 1893–1919 while in the House ...