Representative section
Okay, now we’re getting into the specifics of how representatives are chosen for each state. Remember the main point of the bicameral legislature is a group of two senators for each state and then a certain number of representatives elected based on population. Here’s how they figure it out:
The actual Enumeration shall be made within three years after the first meeting of the Congress of the United States, and within every subsequent term of ten years, in such manner as they shall by law direct. The number of Representatives shall not exceed one for every thirty thousand, but each state shall have at least one Representative; and until such enumeration shall be made, the state of New Hampshire shall be entitled to chuse three, Massachusetts eight, Rhode Island and Providence Plantations one, Connecticut five, New York six, New Jersey four, Pennsylvania eight, Delaware one, Maryland six, Virginia ten, North Carolina five, South Carolina five, and Georgia three.
So, every ten years they recalculate, based on population, the amount of Representatives for each state. Each state is entitled to at least one representatives, and the ratio for a representative to constituent is 1 rep for every 30,000 people in his/her particular state.
Then you have a relic from 1788/1789, the assigned number of representatives for each state from that year.
tomorrow: finishing off the Representative section, then moving on to the Senators.