Apportionment Act of 1911

Previous apportionment

To give effect to the requirements of

Prior to the Apportionment Act of 1911, the

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Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America in Congress assembled,

Section 1. That after the third day of March, nineteen hundred and thirteen, the House of Representatives shall be composed of four hundred and thirty-three Members, to be apportioned among the several States as follows:

Alabama, ten Arkansas, seven California, eleven Colorado, four Connecticut, five Delaware, one Florida, four Georgia, twelve Idaho, two Illinois, twenty-seven Indiana, thirteen Iowa, eleven Kansas, eight Kentucky, eleven Louisiana, eight Maine, four

Maryland, six Massachusetts, sixteen Michigan, thirteen Minnesota, ten Mississippi, eight Missouri, sixteen Montana, two Nebraska, six Nevada, one New Hampshire, two New Jersey, twelve New York, forty-three North Carolina, ten North Dakota, three Ohio, twenty-two

Oklahoma, eight Oregon, three Pennsylvania, thirty-six Rhode Island, three South Carolina, seven South Dakota, three Tennessee, ten Texas, eighteen Utah, two Vermont, two Virginia, ten Washington, five West Virginia, six Wisconsin, eleven Wyoming, one

Section 2. That if the Territories of Arizona and New Mexico shall become States in the Union before the apportionment of Representatives under the next decennial census they shall have one Representative each, and if one of such Territories shall so become a State, such State shall have one Representative, which Representative or Representatives shall be in addition to the number four hundred and thirty-three, as provided in section one of this Act, and all laws and parts of laws in conflict with this section are to that extent hereby repealed.

Section 3. That in each State entitled under this apportionment to more than one Representative, the Representatives to the Sixty-third and each subsequent Congress shall be elected by districts composed of a contiguous and compact territory, and containing as nearly as practicable an equal number of inhabitants. The said districts shall be equal to the number of Representatives to which such State may be entitled in Congress, no district electing more than one Representative.

Section 4. That in case of an increase in the number of Representatives in any State under this apportionment such additional Representative or Representatives shall be elected by the State at large and the other Representatives by the districts now prescribed by law until such State shall be redistricted in the manner provided by the laws thereof and in accordance with the rules enumerated in section three of this Act; and if there be no change in the number of Representatives from a State, the Representatives thereof shall be elected from the districts now prescribed by law until such State shall be redistricted as herein prescribed.

Section 5. That candidates for Representative or Representatives to be elected at large in any State shall be nominated in the same manner as candidates for governor, unless otherwise provided by the laws of such State.

Subsequent apportionment

For the first and only time, Congress failed to pass an apportionment act after the 1920 census. This left the allocations of the Act of 1911 in place until the 1930 census. The

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