Reapportionment Act of 1929

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The Reapportionment Act of 1929 is a U.S. federal law that permanently capped the House of Representatives at 435 seats and established an automatic process for reapportioning those seats among the states after each census.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf United States federal statute ⓘ
apportionment law ⓘ
affects distribution of political representation in the House ⓘ
appliesTo United States states ⓘ
basisOfReapportionment state population as measured by the decennial census ⓘ
chamberInvolved United States House of Representatives ⓘ
United States Senate ⓘ
codifiedIn Title 2 of the United States Code ⓘ
congressNumber 71st United States Congress ⓘ
consequence states can gain or lose House seats after each census ⓘ
constitutionalBasis Article I, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
Fourteenth Amendment, Section 2 of the United States Constitution ⓘ
constrains size of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateEnacted June 18, 1929 ⓘ
doesNotChange total number of House seats when states gain or lose seats ⓘ
effectOnHouseSize capped House membership at 435 seats ⓘ
established automatic reapportionment procedure ⓘ
mechanism for reallocating House seats among states ⓘ
firstAppliedTo apportionment following the 1930 United States Census ⓘ
frequencyOfReapportionment every 10 years ⓘ
historicalContext post-1920 census apportionment controversy ⓘ
houseSeatsCap 435 ⓘ
impact shaped modern composition of the United States House of Representatives ⓘ
implementedAfter 1920 United States Census ⓘ
influencedBy population growth and shifts among states ⓘ
jurisdiction United States federal government ⓘ
language English ⓘ
legalArea constitutional law practice ⓘ
election law ⓘ
legislativeBody United States Congress ⓘ
longTitleSubject apportionment of Representatives in Congress among the several States ⓘ
officeOfSigner President of the United States ⓘ
primarySubject United States House of Representatives apportionment ⓘ
congressional apportionment ⓘ
publicLawNumber Public Law 71-13 ⓘ
relatedConcept one person, one vote principle ⓘ
relatedLegislation Apportionment Act of 1911 ⓘ
relatedTo United States Census ⓘ
redistricting within states ⓘ
replaced previous ad hoc apportionment legislation ⓘ
requires reapportionment of House seats after each decennial census ⓘ
scope apportionment among states, not internal district boundaries ⓘ
signedBy Herbert Hoover ⓘ
status in force ⓘ
typeOfCap statutory cap on House membership ⓘ
yearEnacted 1929 ⓘ

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United States congressional apportionment → legalFramework → Reapportionment Act of 1929 ⓘ
United States federal electoral districts → governingLaw → Reapportionment Act of 1929 ⓘ
California's 22nd congressional district → createdUnder → Reapportionment Act of 1929 framework ⓘ
linked to: Reapportionment Act of 1929
Apportionment Act of 1911 → repealedBy → Reapportionment Act of 1929 ⓘ
Apportionment Act of 1911 → followedBy → Reapportionment Act of 1929 ⓘ