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This Day in Legal History: Expansion of US House of Representatives
On August 8, 1911, President William Howard Taft signed into law a measure that permanently expanded the size of the U.S. House of Representatives from 391 to 433 members. This change followed the 1910 census, which revealed significant population growth and shifts in where Americans lived. Under the Constitution, House seats are apportioned among the states according to population, and each decade’s census can lead to changes in representation. Prior to 1911, Congress often responded to new census data by simply adding seats…
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