Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution

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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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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 U.S. Const. art. I, § 2 ⓘ
country 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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 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 ⓘ

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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 linked to: 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 → United States Constitution Article I, Section 2 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
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 → U.S. Const. art. I, § 2 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
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, U.S. Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1950 United States census → constitutionalMandate → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
United States Census data → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Wesberry v. Sanders → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
1790 United States census → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Reapportionment Act of 1929 → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Powell v. McCormack → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 2, Clause 1 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1900 United States Census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
1920 United States Census → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
1880 United States Census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Speakership of the United States House of Representatives → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
1840 United States census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
1930 United States census → legalAuthority → United States Constitution Article I Section 2 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1940 United States census → constitutionalReference → Article I, Section 2, United States Constitution ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1980 United States census → legalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
1800 United States census → legalBasis → United States Constitution Article I Section 2 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1810 United States census → legalBasis → United States Constitution Article I, Section 2 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1860 United States census → legalBasis → United States Constitution Article I, Section 2 ⓘ
linked to: Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution
1820 United States census → constitutionalBasis → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Loughborough v. Blake → constitutionalProvisionInterpreted → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
U.S. Census of Kentucky counties → constitutionalArticle → Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ